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Centrarchidae

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Centrarchidae [‚sen′trär·kə‚dē]
(vertebrate zoology)
A family of fishes in the order Perciformes, including the fresh-water or black basses and several sunfishes.


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The largemouth bass, small mouth bass and spotted bass- belong to the sunfish family Centrarchidae whose other members include: bluegills, pumpkinseed and rock bass.
The most diverse families in the Valparaiso chain of lakes include the Centrarchidae and Cyprinidae (8 species each).
Discussion As in the present account, many previously reported cases of predation on horsehair worms involved fishes of the families Centrarchidae and Salmonidae (Cochran et al.
 
 
 
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