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American Black Bass

Micropterus salmoides (Lacepède 1802)

behavioral circadian rhythm

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diurnal
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q906470

Definition: animal behavior characterized by activity during the day, with a period of inactivity at night.

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nocturnal
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q309179

Definition: animal behavior characterized by activity during the night and sleeping during the day

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body shape

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bilaterally symmetric
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324

Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves

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diet includes

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zooplankton
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q842627

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insects
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1390

Definition: a class of mainly terrestrial arthropods

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fish
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q152

Definition: vertebrate animal that lives in water and (typically) has gills

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crustaceans
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25364

Definition: subphylum of arthropods

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geographic distribution

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cosmopolitan
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Cosmopolitan

Attribution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmopolitan_distribution

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habitat

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freshwater
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000873

Definition: A biome that applies to the freshwater realm.

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temperate
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000206

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freshwater
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000873

Definition: A biome that applies to the freshwater realm.

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has sexual dimorphism

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female larger
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/female_larger

Comment: Auto-added during harvest #67. A human needs to edit this.

Attribution: Fairbairn

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introduced range includes

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Ethiopia
URI: http://www.geonames.org/337996

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The Neotropics
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q217151

Definition: one of the eight terrestrial ecozones constituting the Earth's land surface

Attribution: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ecozone_Neotropic.svg

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Asia
URI: http://www.geonames.org/6255147

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the Palearctic
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q106447

Definition: largest of the eight ecozones constituting the Earth's surface

Attribution: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palearctic.png

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locomotion

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swimming
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0036268

Definition: Self-propelled movement of an organism from one location to another through water, often by means of active fin movement.

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mating system

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polyandrous
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECOCORE_00000064

Definition: One female has an exclusive mating relationship with two or more males

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migration

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nonmigratory
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/nonmigratory

Definition: Does not make seasonal movements between breeding and wintering grounds.

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motility

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actively mobile
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/activelyMobile

Definition: uses self-propelled locomotion to change location on a regular basis

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native range includes

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The Nearctic
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q737742

Definition: one of the eight terrestrial ecozones constituting the Earth's land surface

Attribution: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ecozone_Nearctic.svg

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parental care

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protection
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2251595

Definition: action or precaution against a threat against an uncertainty or possible unpleasant events

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paternal care
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/paternalCare

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trophic guild

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carnivore
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q81875

Definition: organism that eats mostly or exclusively animal tissue

Attribution: Crustacean body sizes

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piscivore
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1420208

Definition: carnivorous animal which eats primarily fish.

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