Roccus


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Noun1.Roccus - a genus of SerranidaeRoccus - a genus of Serranidae    
fish genus - any of various genus of fish
family Serranidae, Serranidae - marine fishes: sea basses; sea perches; groupers; jewfish
Roccus saxatilis, striped bass, striper, rockfish - marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone
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(1.) Raney EC and Woolcott WS: Races of striped bass, Roccus saxatilis (Walbaum), in the southeastern United States.
Striped Bass Program, Morphometric Study of the Striped Bass, Roccus saxatilus (1957) (compiling results of early research by ASMFC and United States Fish and Wildlife Service).
Father Roccus Patras, who was in the rectory when the 9am attack began, said: "I took these children, these little children, and ran.
The Rev Roccus Patras, parish priest at St Dominic's, said the church is Roman Catholic-owned.
Catholic Parish Priest The Rev Roccus Patras was nearby preparing for his later service when he heard gunfire.
Movements, reproduction, and mortality of the white perch, Roccus americanus, in the Patuxent estuary, Maryland.