Centropristis

Centropristis
bank sea bass (Centropristis ocyurus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Serranidae
Subfamily:	Serraninae
Genus:	Centropristis Cuvier, 1829
Type species
Centropristis nigricans Cuvier, 1829[1]
Species
5

Centropristis is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes which is a member of the subfamily Serraninae of the family Serranidae, which includes the groupers and anthias. There are five species distributed in the western North Atlantic Ocean.[2] Fishes of this genus are known commonly as sea basses.[3]

Black sea bass (C. striata) is of economic importance in commercial and recreational fishing in the waters off of the East Coast of the United States.[3]

Species in genus Centropristis include:[2]

• Centropristis fuscula Poey, 1861 (twospot sea bass)
• Centropristis ocyurus (D.S. Jordan & Evermann, 1887) (bank sea bass)
• Centropristis philadelphica (Linnaeus, 1758) (rock sea bass)
• Centropristis rufa Cuvier 1829
• Centropristis striata (Linnaeus 1758) (black sea bass)

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Centropristis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). Centropristis "Species in genus 'Centropristis'". FishBase. December 2019 version.
3. Mark W. Vandersea; R. Wayne Litaker; Katrin E. Marancik; et al. "Identification of larval sea basses (Centropristis spp.) using ribosomal DNA-specific molecular assays" (PDF). NOAA Fishery Bulletin. 106 (2): 189–193.