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Smallmouth bass
| status2 = G5
| status2_system = TNC
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| taxon = Micropterus dolomieu
| authority = Lacépède, 1802
| synonyms = *''Bodianus achigan'' Rafinesque, 1817
*''Cichla fasciata'' Lesueur, 1822
*''Centrarchus fasciatus'' (Lesueur, 1822)
*''Cichla minima'' Lesueur, 1822
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The smallmouth bass (''Micropterus dolomieu'') is a species of freshwaterfish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of the orderPerciformes. It is the type species of its genus ''Micropterus'' (black basses), and is a popular game fish sought by anglers throughout the temperate zones of North America, and has been spread by stocking—as well as illegal introductions—to many cool-water tributaries and lakes in Canada and more so introduced in the United States. The maximum recorded size is approximately and .