Centropristis
| 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 |
| Species | |
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5 | |
Centropristis is a genus of fishes in the family Serranidae. There are five species distributed in the western North Atlantic Ocean. Fishes of this genus are known commonly as sea basses.[1]
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.[1]
Species in genus Centropristis include:[2]
- Centropristis fuscula – twospot sea bass
- Centropristis ocyurus – bank sea bass
- Centropristis philadelphica – rock sea bass
- Centropristis rufus
- Centropristis striata – black sea bass
References
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- ^ a b Vandersea, M. W., et al. (2008). Identification of larval sea basses (Centropristis spp.) using ribosomal DNA-specific molecular assays. Fishery Bulletin 106 183-93.
- ^ Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds. Species List: Centropristis. FishBase. 2014.