| Centropristis | |
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| bank sea bass (Centropristis ocyurus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Serranidae |
| Subfamily: | Serraninae |
| Genus: | Centropristis Cuvier, 1829 |
| Type species | |
| Centropristis nigricans Cuvier, 1829[1]
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| Species | |
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5 | |
Centropristis is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes which is a member of the subfamily Serraninae of the family Serranidae, which includes the groupers and anthias. There are five species distributed in the western North Atlantic Ocean.[2] Fishes of this genus are known commonly as sea basses.[3]
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.[3]
Species in genus Centropristis include:[2]
- Centropristis fuscula Poey, 1861 (twospot sea bass)
- Centropristis ocyurus (D.S. Jordan & Evermann, 1887) (bank sea bass)
- Centropristis philadelphica (Linnaeus, 1758) (rock sea bass)
- Centropristis rufa Cuvier 1829
- Centropristis striata (Linnaeus 1758) (black sea bass)
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Centropristis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). Centropristis "Species in genus 'Centropristis'". FishBase. December 2019 version.
- ^ a b Mark W. Vandersea; R. Wayne Litaker; Katrin E. Marancik; et al. "Identification of larval sea basses (Centropristis spp.) using ribosomal DNA-specific molecular assays" (PDF). NOAA Fishery Bulletin. 106 (2): 189–193.