The biggest sea bass is the goliath grouper, which can weigh several hundred pounds. The biggest morone family (true bass) is the striped bass, which the world record is 125 pounds. The biggest of the Micropterus species (true sunfish) is the largemouth bass, which can exceed 20 pounds.
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The world record for the largest bass caught on a rod and reel is a tie between two fish weighing 22 pounds, 4 ounces each. These fish were caught in California and Georgia.
Yes, sea bass are carnivores.
The Latin name for smallmouth bass is Micropterus dolomieu.
A new all tackle record is being certified now, caught in Connetticut, 81 plus pounds. However, a 125 pound fish was caught in a commericial net in the 1890's in North Carolina, off Cape Hatteras.
There are no ponds or bass at the South Pole.
In a bass fish food web, the bass itself is a heterotroph. Heterotrophs are organisms that rely on consuming other organisms for energy, as opposed to producing their own energy through photosynthesis like autotrophs.