Black sea bass

This article is about the Atlantic black sea bass. For Pacific black sea bass, see giant sea bass.

Black sea bass
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Subfamily: Serraninae
Genus: Centropristis
Species:
C. striata
Binomial name
Centropristis striata
Synonyms[2]
  • Labrus striatus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Perca atraria Linnaeus, 1766
  • Perca furva Walbaum, 1792
  • Coryphaena nigrescens Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  • Perca varia Mitchill, 1814
  • Centropristis melana Ginsburg, 1952

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.

  1. ^ Anderson, W.; Milagrosa Bustamante, G.; Carpenter, K.E.; Gilmore, G.; Robertson, R. (2015). "Centropristis striata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T16435325A16510242. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T16435325A16510242.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Centropristis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 30 August 2020.