Genus - Micropterus Species - salmoides. Common Names. read more
The largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) is a freshwater gamefish in the Centrarchidae family, a species of black bass native to North America. read more
The Largemouth bass has a scientific name of: Micropterus salmoides. Micropterus is a genus within the family of sunfishes - Centrarchidae. Bass comes from Middle English bars, meaning"perch" The large mouth part comes from - well, it's large mouth compared to any of the other 13 species in the black bass genus. read more