Spotted (Kentucky) bass

The spotted bass gets its name from the numerous dark spots that cover the lower side of its greenish, slender body, below a dark lateral line. Spotted bass have a sandpaper-like tooth patch on the tongue that largemouth’s lack and the rear of the jaw does not extend behind the eye as it does in largemouth’s.

Scientific Name:  Micropterus punctulatus

State Record: 8 lbs. 2 oz.

Image D.Raver (USFWS)