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title: "Spotted Bass"
description: "Micropterus punctulatus — Ryby. The spotted bass (Micropterus punctulatus), also called spotty, or spots in various fishing communities, is a species of North American freshwater fish belonging to the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of the order Centrarchiformes."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/spotted-bass
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Spotted Bass

> Micropterus punctulatus — Ryby. The spotted bass (Micropterus punctulatus), also called spotty,  or spots in various fishing communities, is a species of North American freshwater fish belonging to the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of the order Centrarchiformes.

- Scientific name: *Micropterus punctulatus*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 2305
- Wikidata: [Q3643840](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3643840)
- iNaturalist taxon: [105821](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/105821)

## Names

- en: Spotted Bass
- de: Gepunkteter Barsch

## Countries with the most observations

US (1916), ZA (29)

## Summary

The spotted bass (Micropterus punctulatus), also called spotty,  or spots in various fishing communities, is a species of North American freshwater fish belonging to the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of the order Centrarchiformes.  It is noted for the rows of dark spots below the lateral line, which give it its common name.  One of the black basses, it is native to the Mississippi River basin and across the Gulf states, from central Texas through the Florida panhandle.  Its native range extends into the western Mid-Atlantic states and it has been introduced into western North Carolina and Virginia.  It has also been…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_bass

## Photo

![Spotted Bass](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/spotted-bass/medium.jpg)

Photo: Cody Vue · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/381567833

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/spotted-bass?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).