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Black Sea Bass

Centropristis striata

Classification

The black sea bass (Centropristis striata) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sea bass from the subfamily Serraninae which is part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the groupers and anthias. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean, where it is an important species for commercial and recreational fisheries. Taxonomy The black sea bass was first formally described as Labrus striatus by Carolus Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae published in 1758, Linnaeus gave the type locality as America.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 1,480Canada · 2Netherlands · 1