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Species Name:    Centropristis striata
Common Name:             (Black Sea Bass)

 

I.  TAXONOMY

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


Female Black Sea Bass, Centropristis striata.  Illustration by Diana Rome Peebles 1998.  Courtesy of Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Division of Marine Fisheries.



Male Black Sea Bass.  Male coloration is similar to the female above, but note differences in the fins.  Illustration by Diana Rome Peebles 1998.  Courtesy of Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Division of Marine Fisheries.


Species Name:

Centropristis striata (Linnaeus, 1758)


Common Name:
Black Sea Bass