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Definition of Genus Morone
1. Noun. Carnivorous fresh and salt water fishes.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Serranidae, Serranidae
Member holonyms: Morone Americana, Silver Perch, White Perch, Morone Interrupta, Yellow Bass
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Morone
Literary usage of Genus Morone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Basses: Fresh-water and Marine by William Charles Harris, Tarleton Hoffman Bean, Louis Rhead (1905)
"In 1814 Dr. Mitchill established the genus Morone for the same fish, ... The genus
Morone as now accepted includes the white perch and the yellow bass ..."
2. The Basses, Fresh-water and Marine: Fresh-water and Marine by William Charles Harris, Tarleton Hoffman Bean, Louis Rhead (1905)
"In 1814 Dr. Mitchill established the genus Morone for the same fish, ... The genus
Morone as now accepted includes the white perch and the yellow bass ..."
3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1864)
"The first name has been referred by all subsequent naturalists to the genus Morone
on the authority of Mitchill himself ; it is, however, evident that a ..."
4. Bass, Pike, Perch and Others by James Alexander Henshall (1903)
"The genus Morone was established for it in 1814 by Dr. Mitchill, as owing to
structural differences it could not properly be placed in the genus Perca. ..."
5. Bass, Pike, Perch and Other Game Fishes of America by James Alexander Henshall (1919)
"The genus Morone was established for it in 1814 by Dr. Mitchill, as owing to
structural differences it could not properly be placed in the genus Perca. ..."
6. Bass, Pike, Perch and Others by James Alexander Henshall (1903)
"The genus Morone was established for it in 1814 by Dr. Mitchill, as owing to
structural differences it could not properly be placed in the genus Perca. ..."