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Sea bass refers to many fish species of various families, including:



(The term bass
Bass (fish)

Bass is a name shared by many different species of popular gamefish. The term encompasses both fresh water and sea water species. All belong to the large order Perciformes, or perch-like fishes, and in fact the word bass comes from Middle English bars, meaning "perch." These are some of the best known species of bass:...
 also refers to a number of freshwater sport fishes.)

Sea bass can also refer to:






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Sea bass refers to many fish species of various families, including:

  • Black sea bass
    Black sea bass

    The black sea bass is an exclusively marine fish, also known as sea basses and blackfish. It is a type of Grouper found more commonly in northern than in southern ranges....
     (Centropristis striata, in the family Serranidae
    Serranidae

    Serranidae is a large family of fishes, belonging to the order Perciformes. The family contains about 450 species of serranids in 64 genera, including the bass and the groupers ....
    ), whose range is the eastern coast of the United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
  • White sea bass
    White seabass

    White seabass or white weakfish, Atractoscion nobilis, is a species of croaker occurring from Magdalena Bay, Baja California, to Juneau, Alaska....
     (Cynoscion nobilis, in the family Sciaenidae
    Sciaenidae

    Sciaenidae is a family of fish commonly called drums, croakers, or hardheads for the repetitive throbbing or drumming sounds they make....
    ), along the Pacific coast of the United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
  • Giant sea bass
    Giant sea bass

    The giant sea bass , also known as the black sea bass, is a fish native to the northern Pacific Ocean. With its conspicuous size and a curious nature, it is surprising that relatively little is known about its biology or behavior....
     (Stereolepsis gigas, in the family Polyprionidae), off the coast of California
  • Japanese seabass), a name for Lateolabrax japonicus, a fish commonly used in Japanese, Korean, and Chinese cuisines. It is also commonly called Suzuki and Japanese seaperch.
  • Chilean sea bass, a marketing term for the Patagonian toothfish
    Patagonian toothfish

    The Patagonian toothfish is a fish found in the cold, temperate waters of the Southern Atlantic Ocean, Southern Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Southern Oceans on seamounts and Continental shelf around most sub-Antarctic islands....
     (Dissostichus eleginoides, in the family Nototheniidae
    Nototheniidae

    The cod icefishes or nothothens are the family Nototheniidae of Acanthopterygii fishes, containing about 50 species in 12 genera. They are traditionally placed in the perciform assemblage together with their relatives, but like every lineage in the "Perciformes" their actual relationships are not yet determined with certainty....
    )
  • European seabass
    European seabass

    The European seabass, Dicentrarchus labrax, also known as Morone labrax, is a primarily ocean-going fish that sometimes enters brackish and fresh water....
     or sea dace (Dicentrarchus labrax, in the family Moronidae
    Moronidae

    Moronidae, also known as the "temperate basses", is a family of perciform fish consisting of 6 freshwater and marine species. Similar to Acropomatidae, Moronidae fish are most commonly found near the coastal regions of eastern North America and Europe....
    )
  • Potato bass/cod/grouper (Epinephelus tukula, a grouper in the family Serranidae
    Serranidae

    Serranidae is a large family of fishes, belonging to the order Perciformes. The family contains about 450 species of serranids in 64 genera, including the bass and the groupers ....
    ), large reef fish found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans


(The term bass
Bass (fish)

Bass is a name shared by many different species of popular gamefish. The term encompasses both fresh water and sea water species. All belong to the large order Perciformes, or perch-like fishes, and in fact the word bass comes from Middle English bars, meaning "perch." These are some of the best known species of bass:...
 also refers to a number of freshwater sport fishes.)

Sea bass can also refer to:
  • A character in Dumb and Dumber, and Me, Myself & Irene played by former NHL
    National Hockey League

    The National Hockey League is a professional ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America. It is considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in the world, and one of the North American Major professional sports leagues of the United States and Canada....
     player Cam Neely
    Cam Neely

    Cameron Michael "Cam" Neely is a retired Canada professional ice hockey player. He played winger for the Vancouver Canucks and Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League from 1983 to 1996....
  • A nickname for Oakland Raiders
    Oakland Raiders

    The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in the city of Oakland, California. They currently play in the AFC West of the American Football Conference in the National Football League ....
     kicker
    Placekicker

    Placekicker, or simply kicker , is the title of the player in American football and Canadian football who is responsible for the kicking duties of Field goal s, extra points, and, in many cases, Kickoff s....
     Sebastian Janikowski
    Sebastian Janikowski

    Sebastian Janikowski is a Poles placekicker who currently plays for the National Football League's Oakland Raiders. He is considered to have one of the strongest kicking legs in the league", and leads the NFL in kickoffs for touchbacks....
  • A nickname for Sébastien Chabal
    Sebastien Chabal

    S?bastien Chabal is a France rugby union player who plays at for Sale Sharks and France national rugby union team, and has also played as a for France....
    , a French rugby player of the Sale Sharks
    Sale Sharks

    Sale Sharks are a professional rugby union team who play in England in the Guinness Premiership.The club is an offshoot of Sale F.C., which is based in Sale, North Oxfordshire, but Sharks currently play in Stockport at Edgeley Park, ground sharing with Stockport County F.C....
     and the France national rugby union team
    France national rugby union team

    The France national rugby union team represents France in rugby union. They compete annually against England national rugby union team, Ireland national rugby union team, Italy national rugby union team, Scotland national rugby union team and Wales national rugby union team in the Six Nations Championship....
  • A nickname for Sébastien Bourdais
    Sébastien Bourdais

    S?bastien Olivier Bourdais is a France Formula One race car driver. He is one of the most successful drivers in the history of the Champ Car, having won four successive championships from 2004 Champ Car World Series season to 2007 Champ Car World Series season....
    , French-national race driver and four time Champ Car series winner.
  • A nickname for Carlos Beltran
    Carlos Beltrán

    Carlos Ivan Beltr?n is a Major League Baseball outfielder with the New York Mets. Beltran currently has the highest stolen base percentage amongst active players with 250 or more steals....
    , center fielder for the New York Mets
    New York Mets

    The New York Mets are a professional baseball based in Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York. The Mets are a member of the National League East of Major League Baseball's National League....
    .
  • A water taxi
    Water taxi

    A water taxi or water bus is a boat used to provide public transport, usually but not always in an urban environment. Service may be scheduled with multiple stops, operating in a similar manner to a bus, or on demand to many locations, operating in a similar manner to a taxicab....
     service by The Port Service
    The Port Service

    is a ship operating company in Yokohama. Its English name includes "the". Founded in 1953, the company operates Water taxi, an excursion cruise ship, and a restaurant ship, all within the Port of Yokohama....
    , Yokohama
    Yokohama

    is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kanto region of the main island of Honshu. It is a major commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area....
    , Japan
    Japan

    Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
    .