Moronidae

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Moronidae is a family of temperate bass fishes that includes several popular game and food species found in freshwater and coastal marine environments.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Moronidae canonical 8

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fish family ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
bodyShape laterally compressed ⓘ
class Actinopterygii ⓘ
commercialImportance high ⓘ
commonName temperate basses ⓘ
containsTaxon Dicentrarchus labrax ⓘ
Dicentrarchus punctatus ⓘ
Lateolabrax japonicus ⓘ
Lateolabrax maculatus ⓘ
Morone americana ⓘ
linked to: Morone

Morone chrysops ⓘ
Morone saxatilis ⓘ
linked to: Morone
diet carnivorous ⓘ
distribution Europe ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
North America ⓘ
ecologicalRole predatory fish ⓘ
economicUse food fish ⓘ
game fish ⓘ
finFeature soft-rayed second dorsal fin ⓘ
spiny first dorsal fin ⓘ
two dorsal fins ⓘ
habitat brackish water ⓘ
coastal marine waters ⓘ
freshwater ⓘ
hasGillCovers true ⓘ
hasScales true ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
notableSpeciesCommonName European seabass ⓘ
Japanese seabass ⓘ
striped bass ⓘ
white bass ⓘ
order Moroniformes ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
prey aquatic invertebrates ⓘ
crustaceans ⓘ
smaller fish ⓘ
recreationalFishingImportance high ⓘ
reproduction egg-laying ⓘ
skeletonType bony fish ⓘ
spawningEnvironment brackish water ⓘ
freshwater ⓘ
taxonRank family ⓘ
typeGenus Morone ⓘ
vertebrate true ⓘ
waterTemperaturePreference temperate ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

White bass → family → Moronidae ⓘ
Morone chrysops → family → Moronidae ⓘ
Morone → parentTaxon → Moronidae ⓘ
Morone → family → Moronidae ⓘ
Moroniformes → contains → Moronidae ⓘ
Dicentrarchus labrax → family → Moronidae ⓘ
Dicentrarchus punctatus → family → Moronidae ⓘ
European seabass → family → Moronidae ⓘ