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Centropristis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Suborder
  
Percoidei

Family
  
Serranidae

Scientific name
  
Centropristis

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Perciformes

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Superfamily
  
Percoidea

Subfamily
  
Serraninae

Mass
  
Black sea bass: 2.4 kg

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Black sea bass, Diplectrum, Mycteroperca, Serraninae, Pomatomus

Black sea bass centropristis striata at the ponce inlet jetty


Centropristis is a genus of fishes in the family Serranidae. There are five species distributed in the western North Atlantic Ocean. Fishes of this genus are known commonly as sea basses.

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Black sea bass (C. striata) is of economic importance in commercial and recreational fishing in the waters off of the East Coast of the United States.

Species in genus Centropristis include:

  • Centropristis fuscula – twospot sea bass
  • Centropristis ocyurus – bank sea bass
  • Centropristis philadelphica – rock sea bass
  • Centropristis rufus
  • Centropristis striata – black sea bass
  • From english to french centropristis


    References

    Centropristis Wikipedia