![Micropterus dolomieu](https://ncfishes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Micropterus-dolomieu-1024x576.png)
Family | Scientific Name | Author | Year | Common Name |
Centrarchidae | Micropterus dolomieu | Lacepède | 1802 | Smallmouth Bass |
Micropterus dolomieu
Unique Characters: Sides with dark brown to bronze specks, which often coalesce to form bars. No rows of dark spots on lower sides.
Similar Species: Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides. Dark horizontal stripe present on the sides, no bars. Other Micropterus species, for example Spotted Bass, M. punctulatus, have rows of dark spots on lower sides.
![Micropterus salmoides](https://ncfishes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Micropterus-salmoides-1024x576.png)
![Micropterus punctulatus](https://ncfishes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Spotted-Bass-Micropterus-punctulatus-1024x430.jpg)
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