Live in pack or solo: Immature largemouth bass may tend to congregate in schools, but adults are usually solitary
Roles Within Community: A top predator and considered a keystone species. They exert top down control of the food web
Male or Female Led Group: They arent really in groups but when it comes to a nest and guarding stuff its the male that does that
Individuals that make up the goup: They arent really in groups. Some bass may all be in the same area but they dont interact. However if they are in groups its just juvenales that are males and females.
How do they interact with each other: Like I said before they dont interact with each other if they are in the same place. However, if they are younger they will hunt together and be together for protection.
How often do they mate: They are polyandrous, which means one female mates with multiple males in a single breeding season. They only reproduce once per year though
How many mates do they have: Females tend to have a couple different mates every year and males only tend to have one
Time of year for mating: They tend to spawn and mate in late January and mid March
Mating Rituals: Once the water reaches the right temp they build a nest. Then once the nest is completed the male seeks out for a female and brings her to the nest to drop her eggs off. Once the two are near the nest together the male tries to make her stay by swimming circles around the nest
Number of offspring produces at a time: They spawn 5,000-12,000 eggs
Any unique characteristics of their mating: That the females mate more then once per year and then that they build nest as well
Stages of development: They grow very rapidly in length for the first two years of life and then they fill out their lanky frames as they age. The fish reach maturity in three to four years at an average lenght of 10-12 inches. The females live to about 9 and then males live to about 6
How old before sexual maturity: Females reach sexual maturity at four or five months, while males reach it at three to four months
Activities and Environment of stages: They have the spawning stage, then they have the hatching stages, then they have the nursery habitat for the young, then they have the juvenile stage, then they have the adult stage
Difference in males and females: Some differences are that females are larger then males, then males have more prominent features like a larger head, protruding lower jaw, and a concave anal fin