Sunday, September 22, 2013

Fish Day -Largemouth Bass

Scientific name- Micropterus Salmoides
Reproduction- The Bass like to spawn in the shallow waters of about 1-4ft in depth. The water temperature they thrive in is about 63-58 degrees fahrenheit. 
Habitat- most bass live and thrive in lakes, rivers and creeks. They like warmer waters.
Food- bass usually eat anything that doesn't attempt to eat them. So mostly smaller fish, and bugs.
Predator prey relationship- humans prey on bass, bass prey on smaller fish. 
Interesting facts- 1. The female can lay up to 2000-7000 eggs per pound of her body weight. 2. When the baby fish become 1 inch fry, the dad bass abandons them otherwise he'll eat them. 3. Bass live in Texas, and are in Lake Lewisville and the creeks adjacent to it. 


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