Sea bass

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(Zool.) 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.

Noun	1.	sea bass - the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae Synonyms: bass
	2.	sea bass - any of various food and sport fishes of the Atlantic coast of the United States having an elongated body and long spiny dorsal fin

bass, saltwater fish, striped bass, striper