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Ambloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 10 - 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 13; Anal spines: 5 - 7; Anal soft rays: 9 - 11; Vertebrae: 29 - 32.

Common Names

  • Stenaborre , Danish , Denmark
  • Stenbars , Danish , Denmark
  • Goggle eye , English , Canada
  • Northern rock bass , English , Canada
  • Redeye , English , Canada
  • Redeye bass , English , Canada
  • Rock bass , English , Canada
  • Rock bass , English , France
  • Rock bass , English , UK
  • Rock bass , English , USA
  • Rock bass , English , Global
  • Kiviahven , Finnish , Finland
  • Crapet de roche , French , Canada
  • Crapet de roche , French , France
  • Crapet de roche , French , Global
  • Gemeiner Felsenbarsch , German , Germany
  • Germeiner Sonnenbarsch , German , Germany
  • Sonnenfisch , German , Germany
  • Steinbarsch , German , Germany
  • 岩鈍鱸 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 岩钝鲈 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Bass czerwonooki , Polish , Poland
  • Perca-da-rocha , Portuguese , Portugal
  • Ambloplites , Russian , Russia
  • амблоплитес , Russian , Russia
  • Crapet de roche , Spanish , Mexico
  • Stenabborre , Swedish , Sweden
  • Swilyn tagell-ddu , Welsh , UK Engld Wal

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Centrarchiformes

    Family: Centrarchidae

    Genus: Ambloplites

    Species: Ambloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817)

    Climate Zone

  • Subtropical

    • Location

  • 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 (Ref. 86798). Introduced to Europe (Ref. 59043).

    • Biology

    Occurs usually in rocky areas in shallow water of lakes, and the lower, warm reaches of streams (Ref. 1998). Inhabits vegetated and brushy stream margins, pools of creeks and small to medium rivers, and rocky and vegetated margins of lakes (Ref. 86798). Commonly found in clear, silt-free rocky streams (Ref. 86798). Feeds on small crustaceans, insects and fish (Ref. 30578). An introduced species in Europe which avoids swift waters and occurs in a wide variety of slow-flowing to stagnant waters such as large rivers, lakes, ponds, canals and backwaters (Ref. 59043).

    Habitat

    benthopelagic