Centropristis

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Centropristis

Genus of fishes

Centropristis is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes which is a member of the subfamily Serraninae of the family Serranidae, which includes the groupers and anthias. There are five species distributed in the western North Atlantic Ocean.[2] Fishes of this genus are known commonly as sea basses.[3]

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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.[3]

Species in genus Centropristis include:[2]

  • Centropristis fuscula Poey, 1861 (twospot sea bass)
  • Centropristis ocyurus (D.S. Jordan & Evermann, 1887) (bank sea bass)
  • Centropristis philadelphica (Linnaeus, 1758) (rock sea bass)
  • Centropristis rufa Cuvier 1829
  • Centropristis striata (Linnaeus 1758) (black sea bass)

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  1. [1]
    Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Centropristis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  2. [2]
    Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Centropristis Species of 'Centropristis' in FishBase. December 2019 version.
  3. [3]
    Mark W. Vandersea; R. Wayne Litaker; Katrin E. Marancik; et al. "Identification of larval sea basses (Centropristis spp.) using ribosomal DNA-specific molecular assays" (PDF). NOAA Fishery Bulletin. 106 (2): 189–193.


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