Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides)

The largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) is a predatory freshwater fish in the Centrarchidae (sunfish) family.

Distribution

The largemouth bass is a species of black bass native to the eastern and central United States, southeastern Canada and northern Mexico.

The largemouth bass is a very popular sportfish and it has therefore been introduced to many areas around the world including most of the US. It is one of the most popular US gamefish.

US distribution

Click the images to see a more detailed map from the USGS.

Global distribution

The Largemouth bass has, as earlier mentioned,  been introduced to many other countries around the world and is established in several areas.  The species has almost always been introduced intentionally.  Often to promote local sportfishing but there are also some cases when fishermen have introduced them illegally into new waters.  The species is highly predatory and can do a lot of damage in the areas where it is introduced. It is despite this often a welcome addition since it is such a popular game fish.  Similar to how the peacock bass is a very popular sportfish in Florida and the southern US despite being a highly predatory invasive species that compete with native species.

Global distribution of largemouth bass.

How Large mouth bass spawn

Keeping largemouth bass in an aquarium

They youtube channel Bamabass feature a lot of information on keeping largemouth bass in an aquarium. The channel lets you follow their adventure keeping bass in an aquarium. Later they decided to build a garden pond for largemouth bass and their latest project is to build a 5acre bass pond on a piece of land they bought for the purpose.  The channel has more than 750k subscribers and every video is watched by half a million followers.