white sea bass

2 definitions found

white sea bass - 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]

  Sea trout \Sea" trout`\ (Zool.)
     (a) Any one of several species of true trouts which descend
         rivers and enter the sea after spawning, as the European
         bull trout and salmon trout, and the eastern American
         spotted trout.
     (b) The common squeteague, and the spotted squeteague.
     (c) A California fish of the family Chiridae, especially
         Hexagrammus decagrammus; -- called also spotted rock   trout
         . See Rock trout, under Rock.
     (d) A California sciaenoid fish (Cynoscion nobilis); --
         called also white sea bass.
         [1913 Webster]