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Centropristis atrarius
Blackfish Black"fish, n. 1. (Zo["o]l.) A small kind of whale, of the genus Globicephalus, of several species. The most common is G. melas. Also sometimes applied to other whales of larger size. 2. (Zo["o]l.) The tautog of New England (Tautoga). 3. (Zo["o]l.) The black sea bass (Centropristis atrarius) of the Atlantic coast. It is excellent food fish; -- locally called also black Harry. 4. (Zo["o]l.) A fish of southern Europe (Centrolophus pompilus) of the Mackerel family. 5. (Zo["o]l.) The female salmon in the spawning season. Note: The name is locally applied to other fishes.
Serranus or Centropristis atrarius
Sea bass Sea" bass` . (Zo["o]l.) (a) A large marine food fish (Serranus, or 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. (b) A California food fish (Cynoscion nobile); -- called also white sea bass, and sea salmon.

Meaning of Centropristis from wikipedia

- The black sea b**** (Centropristis striata) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sea b**** from the subfamily Serraninae which is part of the family...
- 1887) (bank sea b****) Centropristis philadelphica (Linnaeus, 1758) (rock sea b****) Centropristis rufa Cuvier 1829 Centropristis striata (Linnaeus 1758)...
- nebulifer) lives mainly off the coast of California. Genus Centropristis Black sea b**** (Centropristis striata) is found on the East Coast of the United States...
- member of the temperate perch family Percichthyidae. The black sea b****, Centropristis striata, is a member of the sea b**** and sea grouper family Serranidae...
- from China and Vietnam Black ruff (Centrolophus niger) Black sea b**** (Centropristis striata) Cornish blackfish (Schedophilus medusophagus) Gadopsis, two...
- centropristis is a species of monogenean, parasitic on the gills of a marine fish. It belongs to the family Microcotylidae. Microcotyle centropristis...
- Ocean. The vermilion snapper was first formally described in 1829 as Centropristis aurorubens by the French zoologist Georges Cuvier with the type locality...
- Tables[permanent dead link] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2009). "Centropristis striata" in FishBase. August 2009 version. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel...
- 1953 Subfamily Serraninae Swainson, 1839 Bullisichthys Rivas, 1971 Centropristis Cuvier, 1829 Chelidoperca Boulenger, 1895 Cratinus Steindachner, 1878...
- genera are classified within the Serraninae: Bullisichthys Rivas, 1971 Centropristis Cuvier, 1829 Chelidoperca Boulenger, 1895 Cratinus Steindachner, 1878...