… In California, the history of introductions of all bass species is murky and confusing because of poor record keeping and the frequent treating of all species together as “black bass” (Dill and Cordone 1997). Increasingly, predation by bass species is regarded as an important factor contributing to declines of native fishes in California. Furthermore, and perhaps because of their warmwater thermal niche, bass tend to grow best during droughts (Rypel 2009). Thus, as climate change increases the duration and severity of droughts in California, novel conditions increasingly favor the black bass complex (Rypel 2021).