Black seabass

Photo Credit: © Diane Rome Peebles
Family Groupers, hamlets, hinds, seabasses, sand-perches, tatleys
Scientific Family Serranidae
Scientific Name Centropristis striata
Spanish Name Serrano estriado
ITIS# 167687
Tail shape Rounded

The black sea bass has on obling-shaped, laterally compressed body. It has a large mouth, armed with bands of teeth on the jaw and with a triangular patch of teeth in the front part roof of the mouth and more teeth along the sides of that area, the mouth extending as far as below the middle of the eye.The dorsal fin has 10 spines, the front spines being longer than the rearmost, and 11 soft rays


Biology

Commonly found around rock jetties and on rocky bottoms in shallow water.

Appearance

Body Shape
Fusiform
Color
Main Color: Black
Other Color:
Common Body Shape
Torpedo-shaped


Pattern
None
Length
Avg Length: 12 inches (30 cm)
Max Length: 26 inches (66 cm)
Maximum Weight
9.4 lbs (4300 g)




Specifications

Handling Concerns
Conservation Concerns
None
Range in USA
ME-MS


Abundance
Abundant


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