serranus atrarius

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serranus atrarius - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sea bass \Sea" bass`\ . (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.
         [1913 Webster]