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Ambloplites ariommus in USA (contiguous states)
Shadow bass

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Ambloplites ariommus   Viosca, 1936
Family:	Centrarchidae (Sunfishes)			picture (Amari_u1.jpg) by The Native Fish Conservancy
Order:	Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Shadow bass
Max. size:	30.5 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 40637); max. published weight: 820 g (Ref. 40637)
Environment:	demersal
Climate:	subtropical; 38°N - 29°N
Global Importance:
Resilience:	Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Assuming Fec < 10,000)
Distribution:	North America: Gulf Slope from Apalachicola River drainage in Georgia to lower Mississippi River basin in Louisiana in the USA; St, Francis, Black, Arkansas, Red and upper Ouachita River drainage in Missouri and Arkansas in the USA.
Biology:	Inhabits brushy and vegetated, gravel-bottomed, sand-bottomed and mud-bottomed pools of creeks and small to medium rivers (Ref. 5723, 10294). Feeds on small fish (darters, madtoms, minnows), crayfish, and larger insects including dragonfly, mayfly, and stonefly nymphs (Ref. 10294)
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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USA (contiguous states) country information
Common names:	Shadow bass		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:	endemic		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater
Abundance:	common (usually seen)		Ref:  Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Recorded above and below the Fall Line in Gulf Coastal drainages from the Apalachicola River west to Lake Pontchartrain, eastern tributaries to the Mississippi River in southern Mississippi, and west of the Mississippi River in the St. Francis, White, and Ouachita river systems (Ref. 10294).
States/Provinces:	Arkansas (native) Georgia (native) Louisiana (native) Missouri (native) Tennessee (native)
States/Provinces Complete?:	No
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/us.html
National  Fisheries  Authority:	www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991
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	Modified:  Ortañez, Auda Kareen	Entered:  Froese, Rainer

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