Bartram’s bass. Picture: UGA
Trout anglers have actually long been accustomed to taxonomic modifications– a few of us are old adequate to keep in mind the seismic shock of Salmo gairdneri altering to Oncorhynchus mykiss— however the bass world has actually seen its share, too. Just recently, anglers in the Southeast discovered that the bass they have actually been capturing their entire lives may not be the bass they believed they were. And post by Chris Hunt in Hatch Magazine informs the entire story:
Late this summer season, ecologists with the University of Georgia have actually formally stated the existence of 2 “brand-new” black bass subspecies– the Bartram’s bass and the Altamaha bass. Both types were formerly determined, however just just recently, thanks to making use of mitochondrial DNA analysis, were they confirmed as distinct species of the black-bass family tree based in the genus micropterus (and, yes, smallmouth bass remain in this genus, too).
