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Striped bass   /straɪpt bæs/   Listen
Striped bass

noun
1.
Caught along the Atlantic coast of the United States.  Synonym: striper.
2.
Marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone.  Synonyms: Roccus saxatilis, rockfish, striper.





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"Striped bass" Quotes from Famous Books



... hits ever made by the United States Bureau of Fisheries in the planting of fish in new localities was the introduction of the striped bass or rock-fish (Roccus lineatus) of our Atlantic coast, into the coast waters of California. In 1879, 135 live fish were deposited in Karquines Strait, at Martinez, and in 1882, 300 more were planted in Suisun Bay, near the ...
— Our Vanishing Wild Life - Its Extermination and Preservation • William T. Hornaday


Words linked to "Striped bass" :   genus Roccus, Roccus saxatilis, bass, rockfish, sea bass, Roccus


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