Centropristis


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Noun1.Centropristis - sea basses
fish genus - any of various genus of fish
family Serranidae, Serranidae - marine fishes: sea basses; sea perches; groupers; jewfish
black bass, black sea bass, Centropistes striata - bluish black-striped sea bass of the Atlantic coast of the United States
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Larvae were identified to the genus Centropristis based on characteristic body shape, pigmentation, and when available, dorsal and anal fin meristics (Kendall, 1972).
Dietary protein requirements of juvenile black sea bass, Centropristis striata.
5B), and larger individuals of numerous taxa, such as scup, sea raven, spotted hake, fourspot flounder (Paralichthys oblongus), black sea bass (Centropristis striata), and summer flounder (Fig.
(49.) Seaborn GT, Smith Th, Denson MR, Walker AB, Berlinsky DL (2009) Comparative fatty acid composition of egg from wild and captive black sea bass Centropristis striata L.
For example, black sea bass (Centropristis striata) are beginning to make an appearance in the Gulf of Maine, far north of their usual range.
A complex, inner-shelf (<30 m) community, dominated numerically by species such as black sea bass, Centropristis striata; grunts (Hae-mulidae), and porgies (Sparidae), is present from North Carolina to Cape Canaveral, Fla.
Centropristes trifurca = Centropristis philadelph-ica (Linnaeus): Rock Sea Bass; p.
The highest concentration of bis (2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate in fish samples were found in Atlantic mackerel (Centropristis striate) (1.98+-0.92) (Mu)g/g (wet weight) and Oyster (C.ariakensis) (2.30 (Mu)g/g (wet weight), were higher than those in other fish species.
officinalis (Linnaeus, 1758)) to three species of teleost predators: bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766)), summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus (Linnaeus, 1766)), and black seabass (Centropristis striata (Linnaeus, 1758)), that exemplify distinct body shapes, swimming behaviors, and predation tactics.
A waste effluent treatment system based on microbial mats for black sea bass Centropristis striata recycled water mariculture.
The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) substitutes the word "pot" for "trap" when referring to the trapping devices used by the commercial fishing industry to catch black sea bass (Centropristis striata).