Smallest black bass

Which one is smallest black bass species? I remember Redeye but not sure if its smallest species.

Redeye are the smallest ay about (12''), In the wild, however, I have never seen a redeye over 8'' and some reach 14'' but are very rare. I kept a 4'' redeye bass for a month or so until my former boss moved into his house. He now is in my former boss' 75 gallon at about 6'' and has not grown much since. He is kept with a warmouth, flier and redbreast sunfish. He will eat pellets with the sunnies, but is much more eager to eat minnows.

Edited by UncleWillie, 24 January 2009 - 07:45 PM.

There are actually 3 species that reach very similar sizes. The Redeye is one of these and then the Suwanee and Guadeloupe also rarely exceed 10". The redeye has the largest range of the three and would be the easiest for someone to obtain for a home aquarium. I currently have 4 redeye bass that I hope to breed in the future to make them available to other aquarists. They are much more suitable for the home aquarium than the larger more common species of bass like the largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass. They also look much nicer than those larger species, and do quite easily learn to take pellets for food.

There are actually 3 species that reach very similar sizes. The Redeye is one of these and then the Suwanee and Guadeloupe also rarely exceed 10". The redeye has the largest range of the three and would be the easiest for someone to obtain for a home aquarium. I currently have 4 redeye bass that I hope to breed in the future to make them available to other aquarists. They are much more suitable for the home aquarium than the larger more common species of bass like the largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass. They also look much nicer than those larger species, and do quite easily learn to take pellets for food.

When you get more of these redeye bass, just let me know because im interesting get a single redeye bass from you. They look better than LMB or SMB IMO.

They are probably only a year old this spring so I don't know if they will be large enough this summer to spawn but who knows I'm going to give them a try anyways. Don't get your hopes up too much, I don't want people to be waiting on something that may not happen.