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| Species | Development state | Trait | Primary Data | Secondary Data |
| Micropterus salmoides | Egg | Oocyte diameter | 1.4-1.8 | 1.6 mm |
| Micropterus salmoides | Egg | Egg size after water-hardening | Water-harden within 15 mn | 15.0 mm |
| Micropterus salmoides | Egg | Egg Buoyancy | Demersal, settle to the bottom | Demersal |
| Micropterus salmoides | Egg | Egg adhesiveness | Adhere to the substrate | Adhesive |
| Micropterus salmoides | Egg | Incubation time | 2 at 22°C (2 to 4 days in natural conditions) | 2.0 days |
| Micropterus salmoides | Egg | Temperature for incubation | 18-22 (possible between 10-28) | 20.0 °C |
| Micropterus salmoides | Egg | Degree-days for incubation | 40-60 [max 130 at 10°C] | 50.0 °C * day |
| Micropterus salmoides | Larvae | Initial larval size | 3.5-5.5 | 4.5 mm |
| Micropterus salmoides | Larvae | Larvae behaviour | Remain in the nest, postlarvae venture to the surface in small schools and eventualy disperse | Demersal |
| Micropterus salmoides | Larvae | Temperature during larval development | 20°C | 20.0 °C |
| Micropterus salmoides | Larvae | Full yolk-sac resorption | 260 | 260.0 °C * day |
| Micropterus salmoides | Female | Age at sexual maturity | 3-5 (less than one year in tropical or subtropical regions) | 4.0 year |
| Micropterus salmoides | Female | Length at sexual maturity | 25 | 25.0 cm |
| Micropterus salmoides | Female | Weight at sexual maturity | 0.2 | 0.2 kg |
| Micropterus salmoides | Female | Female sexual dimorphism | In female the genital papilla is elliptical or pear shaped | Present |
| Micropterus salmoides | Female | Maximum GSI value | 7-10% (unknown sources) | 8.5 percent |
| Micropterus salmoides | Male | Age at sexual maturity | 3-5 (less than one year in tropical or subtropical regions) | 4.0 years |
| Micropterus salmoides | Male | Length at sexual maturity | 22 | 22.0 cm |
| Micropterus salmoides | Male | Weight at sexual maturity | 0.160 | 0.16 kg |
| Micropterus salmoides | Male | Male sexual dimorphism | Externally bass greater than 35 cm in total length could be sexed correctly 92 percent; in male the scaleless area surrounding and immediately adjacent to the urogenital opening is nearly circular in shape | Absent |
| Micropterus salmoides | Spawning conditions | Spawning migration distance | Move into the shallower water to spawn and the entire population is on the shoreline; large numbers move out of lakes over weirs and spillways | No data |
| Micropterus salmoides | Spawning conditions | Spawning migration period | In the spring prior to the spawning; very short migrations | ['April', 'May', 'June'] |
| Micropterus salmoides | Spawning conditions | Homing | Not described | Absent |
| Micropterus salmoides | Spawning conditions | Spawning season | In southern Florida spawning starts in Mid-December to Mid-January, peaks in February, and stops in April | ['January', 'February', 'April', 'December'] |
| Micropterus salmoides | Spawning conditions | Spawning period duration | 12-16 | 14.0 weeks |
| Micropterus salmoides | Spawning conditions | Spawning water type | Nest may be constructed almost anywhere in a lake, but it is not unusal for them to be grouped on certain shorelines or in specific coves | Stagnant water |
| Micropterus salmoides | Spawning conditions | Spawning depth | Mainly in water deep 0.33 to 1.3 meter (up to 5.5 m) | 1.3 m |
| Micropterus salmoides | Spawning conditions | Spawning substrate | Almost any substrate may be used as a nest site from rock to organic substrate. But mostly over gravel (coarse and fine), and mud, sand to mud below boulders | Lithophils |
| Micropterus salmoides | Spawning conditions | Spawning site preparation | Male buid a nest in the spring when the temperature reaches 15-24°C | No category |
| Micropterus salmoides | Spawning conditions | Nycthemeral period of oviposition | Some bass lay their eggs during midday, but most spawning occurs at night near dusk or dawn | Day |
| Micropterus salmoides | Spawning conditions | Mating system | Promiscuous (full description); one female may mate with several male in different nests in short intervals | Promiscuity |
| Micropterus salmoides | Spawning conditions | Spawning release | Females tend to spawn once a year. However, the spawing act may be prolonged and females may lay their eggs in more than one nest | Total |
| Micropterus salmoides | Spawning conditions | Spawning release | A single female may not lay all of her eggs in the same nest. Likewise, a male may entice more than one female to lay her eggs in his nest. Six spawning spasms within a period of 30 minutes for one pair | Total |
| Micropterus salmoides | Spawning conditions | Parity | Iteroparous | Iteroparous |
| Micropterus salmoides | Spawning conditions | Parental care | Male is a vey attentive parent. closely follows and guards the bass larvae; continues to guard the young fish for several weeks after they hatch | Male parental care |