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Centrarchidae

Fish Families

Centrarchidae is the sunfish family of freshwater fish, native to North America, comprising several genera including Micropterus, the black basses such as the largemouth bass. Members are carnivorous, nest-building fish, and several species have been introduced widely outside their native range for sport fishing.

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Living or Extinct
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Family 2
Sources
1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ647004, descriptionView the Source
2. Wikipedia: Centrarchidae
Taxonomic rank (Wikipedia confirms the entity; rank from slug/structure-wave classification)View the Source
Wikidata: Centrarchidae
Wikidata Q647004, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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