Definition of Ambloplites

1. Noun. A genus of Centrarchidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Ambloplites
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Centrarchidae, Family Centrarchidae
Member holonyms: Ambloplites Rupestris, Rock Bass, Rock Sunfish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ambloplites

Amazonomachy
Amazons
Ambai
Ambakich
Ambala
Ambala Ayta
Ambard's constant
Ambard's laws
Ambele
Amberboa
Amberboa moschata
Amberg's lateral sinus line
Ambers
Ambien
Ambloplites
Ambloplites rupestris
Amblyomma
Amblyomma americanum
Amblyomma cajennense
Amblyomma maculatum
Amblyrhynchus
Amblyrhynchus cristatus
Ambonese
Ambonese Malay
Ambrak
Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti

Literary usage of Ambloplites

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bass, Pike, Perch and Others by James Alexander Henshall (1903)
"THE ROCK-BASS (ambloplites rupestris) In the same family with the black-bass are a number of other sunfishes that will next be considered, ..."

2. Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and by Joseph Henry, Spencer Fullerton Baird, United States War Dept, United States Army. Corps of Engineers (1855)
"The only prominent difference between Galliums and ambloplites consists in the presence of ... This species establishes a transition between ambloplites and ..."

3. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"... Everglade Pigmy Perch 295 Skull of the Rock Bass, ambloplites rupestri! 296 Pomoxis annularis, Crappie 297 Pomoxis annularis, Crappie (from life) 298 ..."

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