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Definition of Ambloplites
1. Noun. A genus of Centrarchidae.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Centrarchidae, Family Centrarchidae
Member holonyms: Ambloplites Rupestris, Rock Bass, Rock Sunfish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ambloplites
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 ..."