Family Moronidae - Temperate basses
Order : Eupercaria/misc Moronidae
Class : Teleostei
No. in FishBase : Genera : 2 | Species : 6 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
Environment : Fresh : Yes | Brackish : Yes | Marine : Yes
Division : Peripheral/diadromous
Aquarium : none
First Fossil Record : lower   Tertiary   lower   Eocene Ref. Berg, L.S. 1958
Remark : Distribution: North America (Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico drainages, introduced elsewhere), Europe, and northern Africa. Coastal areas. Dorsal fins 2; D1 8-10 spines, D2 1 spine, 10-13 soft rays. Anal fin 3 spines, 9-12 soft rays. Operculum 2 spines. Lateral line reaching almost the posterior margin of caudal fin. Auxillary row of lateral line scales on the caudal fin above and below the main row. Branchiostegal rays 7. Vertebrae 25.
Etymology :
Reproductive guild : nonguarders
Typical activity level : normal
Main Ref. : Nelson, J.S. 1994
Coordinator : Nelson, J.S. 1994
Deep Fin Classification : Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Ctenosquamata | Acanthomorphata | Acanthopterygii | Percomorphaceae | Eupercaria | | | incertae | | | Moronidae

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Species/Synonymy list for the family Moronidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Morone americana (Gmelin, 1789)
acceptedseniornew
Perca americana Gmelin, 1789
synonymseniororiginal
Roccus americanus (Gmelin, 1789)
synonymseniornew
! Morone americanus (Gmelin, 1789)
synonymseniornew
Perca immaculata Walbaum, 1792
synonymjuniororiginal
Morone rufa Mitchill, 1814
synonymjuniororiginal
Morone pallida Mitchill, 1814
synonymjuniororiginal
Morone saxatilis (Walbaum, 1792)
acceptedseniornew
Perca saxatilis Walbaum, 1792
synonymseniororiginal
Roccus saxatilis (Walbaum, 1792)
synonymseniornew
! Morone saxitilis (Walbaum, 1792)
synonymseniornew
Sciaena lineata Bloch, 1792
synonymjuniororiginal
Morone lineatus (Bloch, 1792)
synonymjuniornew
Roccus lineatus (Bloch, 1792)
synonymjuniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
Perca labrax (non Linnaeus, 1758)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Morone chrysops (Rafinesque, 1820)
acceptedseniornew
Perca chrysops Rafinesque, 1820
synonymseniororiginal
Lepibema chrysops (Rafinesque, 1820)
synonymseniornew
Roccus chrysops (Rafinesque, 1820)
synonymseniornew
Labrax albidus DeKay, 1842
synonymjuniororiginal
Labrax osculatii De Filippi, 1853
synonymjuniororiginal
Morone mississippiensis Jordan & Eigenmann, 1887
acceptedseniororiginal
ambiguoushomonymoriginal
Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758)
acceptedseniornew
Perca labrax Linnaeus, 1758
synonymseniororiginal
Labrax labrax (Linnaeus, 1758)
synonymseniornew
Morone labrax (Linnaeus, 1758)
synonymseniornew
Roccus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758)
synonymseniornew
Sciaena labrax (Linnaeus, 1758)
synonymseniornew
Sciaena diacantha Bloch, 1792
synonymjuniororiginal
Labrax diacanthus (Bloch, 1792)
synonymjuniornew
Perca diacantha (Bloch, 1792)
synonymjuniornew
Centropomus lupus Lacepède, 1802
synonymjuniororiginal
Dicentrarchus lupus (Lacepède, 1802)
synonymjuniornew
Labrax lupus (Lacepède, 1802)
synonymjuniornew
Centropomus mullus Lacepède, 1802
synonymjuniororiginal
Perca elongata Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817
synonymjuniororiginal
Dicentrarchus elongatus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
synonymjuniornew
Labrax elongatus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817)
synonymjuniornew
Perca sinuosa Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817
synonymjuniororiginal
Labrax vulgaris Guérin-Méneville, 1829-38
synonymjuniororiginal
Labrax linnei Malm, 1877
synonymjuniororiginal
Perca punctata (non Linnaeus, 1758)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
acceptedseniornew
Sciaena punctata Bloch, 1792
synonymseniororiginal
Bodianus punctatus (Bloch, 1792)
synonymseniornew
synonymseniornew
Labrax punctatus (Bloch, 1792)
synonymseniornew
Morone punctatus (Bloch, 1792)
synonymseniornew
Perca punctata (Bloch, 1792)
ambiguoushomonymnew
! Morone punctata (Bloch, 1792)
synonymseniornew
Perca vaila Osbeck, 1770
synonymjuniororiginal
Perca punctulata Lacepède, 1802
synonymjuniororiginal
Labrax orientalis Günther, 1863
synonymjuniororiginal
Dicentrarchus orientalis (Günther, 1863)
synonymjuniornew
Labrax schoenleinii Peters, 1865
synonymjuniororiginal
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