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Webster 1913 Edition
Sea bass
Sea′ bassˊ
..(Zool.)
(a)
A large marine food fish (
Serranus atrarius
syn. Centropristis atrarius
) which abounds on the Atlantic coast of the United States
. It is dark bluish, with black bands, and more or less varied with small white spots and blotches. Called also, locally, blue bass
, black sea bass
, blackfish
, bluefish
, and black perch
. (b)
A California food fish (
Cynoscion nobile
); – called also white sea bass
, and sea salmon
.