Striped bass

"Striper" redirects here. For other uses, see Stripe (disambiguation).

Striped bass
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Moronidae
Genus: Morone
Species:
M. saxatilis
Binomial name
Morone saxatilis
(Walbaum, 1792)
Southern coastal range in yellow (also further north along the Atlantic coast and inland in North America)
Synonyms
  • Perca saxatilis Walbaum, 1792
  • Roccus saxatilis (Walbaum, 1792)
  • Sciaena lineata Bloch, 1792
  • Morone lineatus (Bloch, 1792)
  • Roccus lineatus (Bloch, 1792)
  • Perca mitchilli alternata Mitchill, 1815

The striped bass (Morone saxatilis), also called the Atlantic striped bass, striper, linesider, rock, or rockfish, is an anadromous perciform fish of the family Moronidae found primarily along the Atlantic coast of North America. It has also been widely introduced into inland recreational fisheries across the United States. Striped bass found in the Gulf of Mexico are a separate strain referred to as Gulf Coast striped bass.[2]

The striped bass is the state fish of Maryland, Rhode Island, and South Carolina, and the state saltwater (marine) fish of New York, New Jersey, Virginia, and New Hampshire. It is generally called the striped bass north of New Jersey, rockfish south of New Jersey, and both in New Jersey.[3]

The history of the striped bass fishery in North America dates back to the Colonial period. Many written accounts by some of the first European settlers describe the immense abundance of striped bass, along with alewives, traveling and spawning up most rivers in the coastal Northeast.[4]

  1. ^ "Morone saxatilis". NatureServe. 2019: e.T192942A46956781. 2019. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T192942A46956781.en. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
  2. ^ Gulf Coast Striped Bass Archived August 27, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. Welaka National Fish Hatchery. Fws.gov (September 16, 2009). Retrieved on 2016-11-15.
  3. ^ Davidson, Alan (2003). North Atlantic Seafood: A Comprehensive Guide with Recipes (2nd ed.). Ten Speed Press (published 1979). p. 86. ISBN 978-1-58008-450-5.
  4. ^ Little, Michael J. (1995). "A Report on the Historic Spawning Grounds of the Striped Bass, "Morone saxatilis"". Maine Naturalist. 3 (2): 107–113. doi:10.2307/3858211. JSTOR 3858211.