the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Centrarchidae (sun-fish) > [noun] > member of (3)
U.S. Any of various freshwater sunfishes of the family Centrarchidae; (now esp.) (more fully redeye bass) Micropterus coosae, which has orange…
U.S. regional (southern). Any of several trout-like fishes of mountain streams, esp. the smallmouth bass, Micropterus dolomieui (family Centrarchidae…