Ambloplites constellatus, a New Species of Rock Bass from the Ozark Upland of Arkansas and Missouri with a Review of Western Rock Bass Populations
- 1 July 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in The American Midland Naturalist
- Vol. 98 (1) , 147-161
- https://doi.org/10.2307/2424721
Abstract
A new species of rock bass, A. constellatus, is described from the upland section of the White River in Arkansas and Missouri [USA]. It is compared with the closely related northern rock bass (A. rupestris) from Missouri and Meramec river populations, the southern rock bass (A. ariommus) from the Ouachita and Little river drainages, and with other western rock bass populations of undetermined status. A. constellatus is distinguished from its congeners by its freckled color pattern and slender body form. A. constellatus occurs throughout the upper White River. There are 2 records of the species from the Osage River drainage in Missouri.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Fishes of the Neosho River System in OklahomaThe American Midland Naturalist, 1967