The name “bass” comes from different species of fish, that are considered a “game fish.” The are popular as far as, “the sport of catching them.” In fact, bass can be of either the saltwater or freshwater. Generally they are natives of North America and its waters. They can be found in Central and Northern South America, that is were you can find the Peacock Bass.

Different kinds of bass, are known to belong to the larger fish known as Perciformes, which are, that of perch-like. The name “bass” comes from the middle-English term “bars” that allude to a perch.

As stated before, there are a number of many species of bass, the more popular and well-known are the temperate bass. The black bass are a less well-known bass that includes the Australian bass, the black sea bass, giant sea bass, Chilean sea bass, European sea bass, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, and the striped bass and the spotted bass.

The temperate bass includes the striped bass like the white bass, they are part of the family of fish known as the Moroidae. The black bass also are apart of the largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, the spotted bass, and the Guadeloupe bass, which are all part of the family of fish known as Centrachidae.

The white bass is mainly a freshwater bass that is Oklahoma’s state fish, though they are not related to black bass, they are generally found across most lakes of the United States and are much larger than the average bass.

The black bass, the largemouth bass is part of the sunfish family, they are also known as the Oswego bass, the green trout, the bigmouth, lineside bass and the bucket mouth bass.

Another type of black bass is the one known as the smallmouth bass, they are also a part of freshwater fish that are part of the sunfish family. This fish a game fish and is found in North America’s temperate zones, including cool-water rivers as well as lakes in Canada and United States. Also, the smallmouth bass originates from both the Mississippi River and the Saint Lawrence River-Great Lakes.

Another type of black bass is the spotted bass, they too, a freshwater species belonging to the sunfish family. It is originally from both the Mississippi River basin and the Gulf coast that stretches from Texas to Florida. They are also well known target of most serious anglers in that region.