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Home Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Subphylum Vertebrata Class Actinopterygii Order Perciformes Suborder Percoidei Family Moronidae

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2008/10/05 06:32:22.234 GMT-4

By Tanya Dewey

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Subphylum: Vertebrata

Class: Actinopterygii

Order: Perciformes

Suborder: Percoidei

Family: Moronidae

Members of this Family

Temperate basses is a small family of fish, with 6 species found in freshwater and coastal areas of North America, Europe, and North Africa.

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Tanya Dewey (author), Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.

2008/10/05 06:32:22.427 GMT-4

To cite this page: Dewey, T. 2007. "Moronidae" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed October 10, 2008 at http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Moronidae.html.

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