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Humpy

Morone americana (Gmelin, 1789)

Status not recordedbony fish

The humpy (Morone americana) is a species in the family Moronidae, order Perciformes.

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Quick facts about the humpy

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the humpy live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the humpy as introduced in 3 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.

  1. Indonesiainvasive
  2. Canada
  3. China

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the humpy endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the humpy classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderPerciformes
  5. familyMoronidae
  6. genusMorone
  7. SpeciesMorone americana (Gmelin, 1789)

Synonyms Labrax nigricans, Morone americanus, Morone pallida, Morone rufa, Perca americana, Perca immaculata, Perca mucronata, Roccus americanus

Other names and names in other languages (23)
  • Blue nose perchEnglish
  • Gray perchEnglish
  • Maryland bass hybridEnglish
  • Narrow-mouth bassEnglish
  • Narrow-mouthed bassEnglish
  • Sea perchEnglish
  • Silver perchEnglish
  • Virginia bass hybridEnglish
  • White perchEnglish
  • White perch white bass hybridEnglish
  • White perch yellow bass hybridEnglish
  • mořčák americkýCzech
  • Amerikansk barsDanish
  • Amerikanischer StreifenbarschGerman
  • Perca blancaSpanish
  • AmerikanbassiFinnish
  • baretFrench
  • Amerikaanse baarsDutch
  • Lobina-americanaPortuguese
  • Белый американский лавракRussian
  • ameriški brancinSlovenian
  • Bar blanc d’AmériqueFrench
  • Amerikaanse zeebaarsDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the humpy

Other species in the same genus Morone.

Roccus

Morone saxatilis

MoronidaeNo free photo yet

Bass

Morone chrysops

MoronidaeNo free photo yet

Bass

Morone mississippiensis

MoronidaeNo free photo yet

CompareHumpy vs RoccusHumpy vs BassHumpy vs Bass

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the humpy an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the humpy as invasive in 1 country: Indonesia. It lists it as introduced in 3 in all.

What kind of animal is the humpy?

The humpy (Morone americana) belongs to the family Moronidae in the order Perciformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Humpy (Morone americana). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/humpy

MLA

“Humpy (Morone americana).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/humpy.

BibTeX
@misc{humpy_2026,
  title = {Humpy (Morone americana)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/humpy},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}