Largemouth bass

Common name for Micropterus salmoides (Lacepede), also called "trout," "green trout," "bass," and other names. Largemouth bass are stocked in ponds in combination with bluegill and redear sunfish.

A member of the black bass family that has a green-shaded body with a continuous dark stripe along each side, belly white to yellowish and a dorsal fin almost completely separated between spiny and soft portion, plus a lower jaw that extends past the gold-colored eye. Also called a bucket mouth or bigmouth bass.