506:. Current management for the shadow bass in the rivers in Mississippi was to protects pools and prevent sediment pollution in areas of shadow bass populations. In most places, shadow bass are not considered a game fish and receive little management attention. In Missouri, however, where shadow bass has a demand in the game fish market, biologists are conducting population studies using mark and recapture methods and information for anglers to provide data to determine what, if any, angling restrictions need to apply to shadow bass fishing.
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and anal fins while these remain yellow or white in the females. Sexual maturity is attained at a year old and a mature female may lay 1,300 eggs in a spawning season, although after cold winters fewer, larger eggs are laid and this means that spawn hatching rates are not affected by temperature.
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of around 10.16 centimetres (4.00 in) and a maximum length of 30.48 centimetres (12.00 in) and weight of 0.45 kilograms (0.99 lb). Females normally live longer than the males but the males are faster growing and grow larger.
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streams is probably the result of low stream flow and poor water-quality conditions during the late summer when temperatures are high. Channelization is a possible factor in the distribution of the shadow bass in
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This strategy of laying a smaller number of larger eggs after colder winters or a larger number of smaller eggs after milder winters ensures that the population of shadow bass has a consistent recruitment rate.
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in most streams. Undercut banks and woody debris in small to medium-sized rivers and streams are also preferred habitat. The quantitative diet of shadow bass consists mostly of small invertebrates, mainly
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Michael J. Rioell & Robert J DiStefano (2010). "Effects of a
Conservative Rock Bass Length Limit on Angler Participation, Sport Fish Populations, and Crayfish Prey in a Missouri Ozark Stream".
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at the level of the centre of its eye. They are olive to light brown in color and there are frequently two to four dark brown vertical bands and blotches along their flanks. The dorsal, anal and
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the ideal spawning temperature of 17–21 °C (63–70 °F). The breeding males show obvious darkening to the membranes of the
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Roe, K.J.; R.L. Mayden & P.M. Harris (2008). "Systematics and
Zoogeography of the Rock Basses (Centrarchidae: Ambloplites)".
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1182:1A9F461D-4AF5-89C5-847F-C68CB14E2571
1231:IUCN Red List least concern species
553:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
841:"Ambloplites ariommus Shadow Bass"
308:to the lower Mississippi basin in
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658:. Mississippi State University
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485:Relationship with humans
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300:Geographic distribution
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433:Taxonomy and etymology
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243:The shadow bass has a
863:Eschmeyer, William N.
656:Fishes of Mississippi
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469:and is a compound of
465:name is derived from
439:Ambloplites rupestris
419:Shadow bass normally
338:Ambloplites rupestris
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1002:Ambloplites ariommus
972:Ambloplites ariommus
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936:Ambloplites ariommus
869:Ambloplipes ariommus
747:Ambloplites ariommus
743:Micropterus dolomieu
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598:Ambloplites ariomnus
546:Ambloplites ariommus
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481:means "large-eyed".
473:meaning "blunt" and
459:Covington, Louisiana
354:Chattahoochee Rivers
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202:Ambloplites ariommus
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876:Catalog of Fishes
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314:St. Francis
261:caudal fins
239:Description
229:Perciformes
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148:Ambloplites
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490:Management
362:Black Belt
350:Blackwater
251:while the
249:dorsal fin
211:freshwater
496:G5 secure
447:described
342:Tennessee
310:Louisiana
273:rock bass
155:Species:
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1050:FishBase
987:Q3768484
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906:igfa.org
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699:84584439
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520:Arkansas
385:crayfish
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510:Angling
475:oplites
463:generic
397:minnows
393:madtoms
389:darters
373:Ecology
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332:in the
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233:endemic
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426:pelvic
395:, and
218:family
188:, 1936
186:Viosca
1190:WoRMS
1177:Plazi
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1081:93809
1029:65ZWP
1016:94778
767:S2CID
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334:Ozark
269:pupil
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888:2020
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575:2021
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516:IGFA
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