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  <dc:contributor>Phillip William Bettoli</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Timothy N. Churchill</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2015</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;Three subspecies of Spotted Bass &lt;i&gt;Micropterus punctulatus&lt;/i&gt; were historically recognized: the smaller Northern Spotted Bass &lt;i&gt;M. p. punctulatus&lt;/i&gt;, the larger, longer-lived Alabama Spotted Bass &lt;i&gt;M. p. henshalli&lt;/i&gt;, and the now invalidated Wichita Spotted Bass &lt;i&gt;M. p. wichitae&lt;/i&gt; (Bailey and Hubbs 1940; Cofer 1995; Warren 2009; Rider and Maceina 2015, this volume). The subspecific status has been examined over the past decade as advanced genetic analyses have been developed (e.g., Kassler et al. 2002; Baker et al. 2008; Tringali et al. 2015, this volume). The American Fisheries Society has recently changed the designation of the Alabama Spotted Bass to a separate species, Alabama Bass &lt;i&gt;M. henshalli&lt;/i&gt; (Page et al. 2013). The remainder of this paper will discuss the biology and conservation of only Spotted Bass. Both species have been observed to hybridize with other &lt;i&gt;Micropterus&lt;/i&gt; spp. (Koppelman 1994; Pierce and Van Den Avyle 1997; Barwick et al. 2006).&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher> American Fisheries Society</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Spotted bass &lt;i&gt;Micropterus punctulatus&lt;/i&gt; (Rafinesque 1819)</dc:title>
  <dc:type>chapter</dc:type>
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