Blotchy Bass Syndrome
Detailed Description
Black basses (Micropterus spp) are enigmatic North American sportfishes that support the most economically valuable freshwater sport fishery in the United States and serve as keystone predators within aquatic ecosystems. Hyperpigmented melanistic lesions on the surface of black basses have been observed in a number of waterbodies across the country in increasing frequency.
Sources/Usage
For U.S. Geological use only. Copyright Megan Schall