English > sea bass: 2 senses > noun 2, animal| Meaning | Any of various food and sport fishes of the Atlantic coast of the United States having an elongated body and long spiny dorsal fin. |
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| Member of | Serranidae, family Serranidae | marine fishes |
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| Parts | sea bass, bass | The lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae |
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| Narrower | belted sandfish, Serranus subligarius | Found in warm shallow waters of western Atlantic |
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| black sea bass, black bass, Centropistes striata | bluish black-striped sea bass of the Atlantic coast of the United States |
| blackmouth bass, Synagrops bellus | small marine fish with black mouth and gill cavity |
| grouper | usually solitary bottom sea basses of warm seas |
| rock sea bass, rock bass, Centropristis philadelphica | A kind of sea bass |
| stone bass, wreckfish, Polyprion americanus | brown fish of the Atlantic and Mediterranean found around rocks and shipwrecks |
| striped bass, striper, Roccus saxatilis, rockfish | marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes |
| Broader | food fish | Any fish used for food by human beings |
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| serranid fish, serranid | marine food sport fishes mainly of warm coastal waters |