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Ambloplites rupestris in Mexico
Rock bass

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Ambloplites rupestris   (Rafinesque, 1817)
Family:	Centrarchidae (Sunfishes)			picture (Amrup_u0.jpg) by Scarola, J.F.
Order:	Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Rock bass
Max. size:	43.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 5723); max. published weight: 1,360 g (Ref. 4699); max. reported age: 18 years
Environment:	demersal; pH range: 7; dH range: 10
Climate:	temperate; 10 - 30°C; 54°N - 34°N
Global Importance:	fisheries: minor commercial; aquarium: public aquariums
Resilience:	Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tm=2-3; tmax=10; Fec=3,000-11,000)
Distribution:	North America: St. Lawrence River-Great Lakes, Hudson Bay (Red River), and Mississippi River basins from Quebec to Saskatchewan in Canada, and south to northern Georgia, northern Alabama and Missouri (native only to Meramec River) in the USA.
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 10-13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-13; Anal spines: 5-7; Anal soft rays: 9-11; Vertebrae: 29-32
Biology:	Inhabits vegetated and brushy stream margins and pools of creeks and small to medium rivers, and rocky and vegetated margins of lakes (Ref. 10294, 30578). Most commonly found in clear, silt-free rocky streams. Feeds on small crustaceans, insects and fish (Ref. 30578)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr. 1991. (Ref. 5723)
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Mexico country information
Common names:	Crapet de roche		Ref:  Nelson, J.S., E.J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L.T. Findley, C.R. Gilbert, R.N. Lea and J.D. Williams, 2004
Status:	introduced		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater
Uses:	no uses
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/mx.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Welcomme, R.L., 1988
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	Modified:  Froese, Rainer	Entered:  Welcomme, Robin L.

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		(e.g. 9948)				(e.g. cephalopods)
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