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Species Name:    Centropristis philadelphica
Common Name:                    (Rock Sea Bass)

 

I.  TAXONOMY

Kingdom Phylum/Division: Class: Order: Family: Genus:
Animalia Chordata Osteichthyes Perciformes Serranidae Centropristis

The Rock Sea Bass, Centropristis philadelphica.  Illustration by Diana Rome Peebles 1998.  Courtesy of Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Division of Marine Fisheries.
Species Name:
Centropristis philadelphica (Linnaeus, 1758)


Common Name:
Rock Sea Bass