Morone

For people named Morone, see Morone (surname).

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Morone Temporal range: Eocene to present PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
White bass (M. chrysops)
Scientific classification
Unrecognized taxon (fix):	Morone
Type species
Morone rufa Mitchill, 1814
Synonyms
Chrysoperca Fowler, 1907 Lepibema Rafinesque, 1820 Roccus Mitchill, 1814

Morone is a genus of temperate basses native to the Atlantic coast of North America and the freshwater systems of the southwestern and eastern United States.

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
120px	Morone americana (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)	white perch	fresh water and coastal areas from the St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario south to the Pee Dee River in South Carolina, and as far east as Nova Scotia, lower Great Lakes, Finger Lakes, Long Island Sound and nearby coastal areas, Hudson and Mohawk River system, Delaware Bay and Chesapeake Bay.
	Morone chrysops (Rafinesque, 1820)	white bass	widely across the United States
120px	Morone mississippiensis D. S. Jordan & C. H. Eigenmann, 1887	yellow bass	Mississippi River from Minnesota to Louisiana and may also be found in the Trinity River and the Tennessee River.
120px	Morone saxatilis (Walbaum, 1792)	striped bass	Atlantic coastline of North America from the St. Lawrence River into the Gulf of Mexico to approximately Louisiana.