Reeling in history: UGA documents two new species of bass

Reeling in history: UGA documents two new species of bass

ATHENS — A team led by University of Georgia ecologists have documented two new species of black bass — Bartram’s bass and Altamaha bass — in a new paper.

Biologists use DNA to Identify Two "New" Bass Species

Bartram’s bass. Photo: UGA Trout anglers have long been accustomed to taxonomic changes—some of us are old enough to remember the seismic shock of Salmo gairdneri changing to Oncorhynchus mykiss—but the bass world has seen its share, as well. Recently, anglers in the Southeast learned that the bass they’ve been catching their whole lives might not be the bass they thought they were. And article by Chris Hunt in Hatch Magazine tells the whole sto…

Biologists use DNA to identify two 'new' species of black bass in the South

To the average interested trout angler, the last half century of taxonomic gymnastics in identifying distinct subspecies of cutthroat trout in what’s left of their native ranges has been mind-boggling. When I was a kid, the mere presence of “natives” swimming in some of the tiniest mountain creeks on the slopes of the Colorado Rockies was a closely held secret.