FB-67124 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67124 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Osteoglossiformes Arapaimidae Arapaima Arapaima mapae (Valenciennes, 1847) Cahaba bass 2013-10-30 2021-09-08 Baker, W.H., R.E. Blanton and C.E. Johnston0 Diversity within the redeye bass, <i>Micropterus coosae</i> (Perciformes: Centrarchidae) species group, with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 3635(4):379-401. (Ref. 93229) Patzner, R.A.0 Reproductive strategies of fish. pp. 311-350. In Rocha, M.J., A. Arukwe and B.G. Kapoor (eds). Fish reproduction: cytology, biology and ecology. Science Publisher, Inc. Oxford. 631 p. (Ref. 101194) FB-DiagnosticDescr-67133 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2013-11-02 00:00:00 2013-11-02 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67133 Distinguished from all congeners, except Micropterus tallapoosae, by the absence of red or orange pigmentation on fin rays (fin rays green or yellow-green); from M. tallapoosae and M. chattahoochae by having 68-72 lateral-line scales (vs. 61-67 ) and 30-32 scales around caudle peduncle ( vs. 26-29); from M. chattahoochae by its narrower head (postfrontal width 11.2% SL vs. 11.8%); and from M. coosae by its head width 11.2% (vs. 11.0%); from M. chattahoochae and M. cf. coosae (Savannah River) by a smaller tongue tooth patch (less than 1.0 mm in 51.7%, absent in 34.5% of specimens vs. in 66.7% or more and absent in 9.0% or less) and from M. warriorensis by more often having a tooth patch (absent in 34.5% vs. 82.9%). It further differs from all species by a unique pigmentation pattern along the midline of the body, having 6-12 blotches with the anterior 6-9 shorter, wider vertical bars followed posteriorly by rounded spots (Ref. 93229). Baker, W.H., R.E. Blanton and C.E. Johnston 2013 Diversity within the redeye bass, <i>Micropterus coosae</i> (Perciformes: Centrarchidae) species group, with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 3635(4):379-401. (Ref. 93229) FB-Morphology-67133 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2013-11-02 00:00:00 2013-11-02 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67133 Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 1112; Analspines: 3 Baker, W.H., R.E. Blanton and C.E. Johnston 2013 Diversity within the redeye bass, <i>Micropterus coosae</i> (Perciformes: Centrarchidae) species group, with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 3635(4):379-401. (Ref. 93229) FB-Distribution-67133 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2013-11-02 00:00:00 2025-09-18 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67133 North America: endemic to the Cahaba River system in the Piedmont region of central Alabama, USA. Baker, W.H., R.E. Blanton and C.E. Johnston 2013 Diversity within the redeye bass, <i>Micropterus coosae</i> (Perciformes: Centrarchidae) species group, with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 3635(4):379-401. (Ref. 93229) FB-Uses-67133 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2013-11-02 00:00:00 2025-04-03 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67133 fisheries: of potential interest FB-Size-67133 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2013-11-02 00:00:00 2025-04-03 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67133 36.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 93229)); max. published weight: 800 g (Ref. 93229) Baker, W.H., R.E. Blanton and C.E. Johnston 2013 Diversity within the redeye bass, <i>Micropterus coosae</i> (Perciformes: Centrarchidae) species group, with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 3635(4):379-401. (Ref. 93229) Baker, W.H., R.E. Blanton and C.E. Johnston 2013 Diversity within the redeye bass, <i>Micropterus coosae</i> (Perciformes: Centrarchidae) species group, with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 3635(4):379-401. (Ref. 93229) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-67133 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2013-11-02 00:00:00 2025-04-03 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67133 benthopelagic; freshwater