Largemouth bass

A carnivorous freshwater gamefish of the Centrarchidae (sunfish) family, the largemouth bass is a species of black bass that is native to the eastern and central United States, southeastern Canada, and northern Mexico but has been widely introduced elsewhere. Some of the regional names for this species are widemouth bass, bigmouth bass, black bass, bucketmouth, Florida largemouth, largies, Potter's fish, green bass, bucketmouth bass, Green trout, Florida bass, gilsdorf bass, Oswego bass, southern largemouth, and northern largemouth. The largemouth bass is the state fish of Georgia, Mississippi, Florida, and Alabama, as well as the state freshwater fish.

Largemouth bass have extended, thick bodies. They are the largest of the black basses, growing to a maximum adult length of 97 cm and a maximum adult weight of 10.1 kg. The average weight and length of this species are 0.45 to 1.36 kg and 30 to 40 cm, respectively.

A largemouth bass has an upper jaw (maxilla) that extends past the orbit's back edge. The largest of the black basses is the largemouth bass, which can grow 29.5 inches long overall and as heavy as 25 pounds, 1 ounce. The largemouth bass exhibits sexual dimorphism.