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The black sea bass (Centropristis striata) is an exclusively marine fish, also known as sea bass and blackfish. black sea bass (image Frederick Grassle & Rose Petrecca & Scott Glenn & Uwe Kils ) GFDL Image taken with the first online underwater camera of the LEO15 system off New Jersey, USA more info: http://marine. ...
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Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms (as opposed to folk taxonomy). ...
Phyla Subregnum Parazoa Porifera (sponges) Subregnum Agnotozoa Placozoa (trichoplax) Orthonectida (orthonectids) Rhombozoa (dicyemids) Subregnum Eumetazoa Radiata (unranked) (radial symmetry) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anemones) Bilateria (unranked) (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (parasitic to flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ...
Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicatas Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with...
Orders See text The Actinopterygii are the ray-finned fish. ...
Families many, see text The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, include about 40% of all fish and are the largest order of vertebrates. ...
Subfamilies Anthiinae Epinephelinae - Groupers Grammistinae The Serranidae or serranids are a family of fish, belonging to the order Perciformes. ...
In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ...
Carolus Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as , (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist[1] who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of nomenclature. ...
Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus: one of the most abundant species of fish in the world. ...
It inhabits the coasts from Maine to NE Florida and the eastern Gulf of Mexico. They are most abundant off the waters of New York. They can be found in inshore waters (bays and sounds) and offshore in waters up to a depth of 130 m. They spend most of their time close to the sea floor and are often congregated around bottom formations such as rocks, man-made reefs, wrecks, jetties, piers, and bridge pilings. Official language(s) None Capital Augusta Largest city Portland Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 39th 33,414 sq mi 86,542 km² 190 miles 305 km 320 miles 515 km 13. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Largest city Tallahassee Jacksonville Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 22nd 65,794 sq mi 170,451 km² 162 miles 260 km 497 miles 800 km 17. ...
Gulf of Mexico in 3D perspective. ...
Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Largest city Albany New York City Area Ranked 27th - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 km²) - Width 285 miles (455 km) - Length 330 miles (530 km) - % water 13. ...
General characteristics Black sea bass, as their name indicates, are usually black. But like many other types fish, they have the ability to adjust their color to blend in with the bottom. Their colors may take on a gray, brown, black or even a deep indigo hue. The sides of their body may have dark vertical bands. But most distinctive is their skin, when seen up close resembles a fishnet pattern, because of the dark color that appears in the margin of their scales contrasted with the lighter color underneath the scales.
The average sea bass weighs about 1½ lb (680 g). The world record bass is 9 lb 8 oz (4,309 g), but any sea bass above 5 lb (2.3 kg) is considered a large fish. As a sea bass matures, there are slight variations in their proportions. The smallest sea bass are often nicknamed “pin” bass. Larger fish are nicknamed “humpback” bass because as they grow larger they tend to bulk out just behind the head.
Black sea bass feed on crab, bluecrab, juvenile lobster, shrimp, mollusks, small fish, herring, menhaden and squid. Sections Dromiacea Raninoida Heterotremata Thoracotremata The term crab is often applied to several different groups of short (nose to tail) decapod crustaceans with thick exoskeletons, but only members of the Brachyura are true crabs; other taxa, such as hermit crabs, porcelain crabs, king crabs, and horseshoe crabs are, despite superficial...
Subfamilies and Genera Neophoberinae Acanthacaris Thymopinae Nephropsis Nephropides Thymops Thymopsis Nephropinae Homarus Nephrops Homarinus Metanephrops Eunephrops Thymopides Clawed lobsters comprise a family (Nephropidae, sometimes also Homaridae) of large marine crustaceans. ...
Superfamilies and families Alpheoidea Alpheidae - snapping shrimps Barbouriidae Hippolytidae Ogyrididae Atyoidea Atyidae Bresilioidea Agostocarididae Alvinocarididae Bresiliidae Disciadidae Mirocarididae Campylonotoidea Bathypalaemonellidae Campylonotoidae Crangonoidea Crangonidae Glyphocrangonidea Galatheacaridoidea Galatheacarididae Nematocarcinoidea Eugonatonotidae Nematocarcinidae Rhynchocinetidae Xiphocarididae Oplophoroidea Oplophoridae Palaemonoidea Anchistioididae Desmocarididae Euryrhynchidae Gnathophyllidae Hymenoceridae Kakaducarididae Palaemonidae Typhlocarididae Pandaloidea Pandalidae Thalassocarididae Pasiphaeoidea Pasiphaeidae Procaridoidea Procarididae Processoidea...
Classes Caudofoveata Aplacophora Polyplacophora Monoplacophora Bivalvia Scaphopoda Gastropoda Cephalopoda †Rostroconchia The mollusks or molluscs are the large and diverse phylum Mollusca, which includes a variety of familiar creatures well-known for their decorative shells or as seafood. ...
Species Clupea alba Clupea bentincki Clupea caspiopontica Clupea chrysotaenia Clupea elongata Clupea halec Clupea harengus Clupea inermis Clupea leachii Clupea lineolata Clupea minima Clupea mirabilis Clupea pallasii Clupea sardinacaroli Clupea sulcata Herrings are small oily fish of the genus Clupea found in the temperate, shallow waters of the North Atlantic...
The menhadens comprise two genera of marine fish in the family Clupeidae. ...
Suborders Myopsina Oegopsina Squids are the large, diverse group of marine cephalopods popular as food in cuisines as widely separated as Korean and Italian. ...
In contrast to the Striped bass Morone saxatilis, it is strictly confined to salt water.
Life cycle The sea bass spawns when it is mature, at 190 mm, in middle of May to end of June. The eggs, 0.95 mm in diameter, are buoyant and their development time is 1.6 days at 23 °C. The maximum size of a sea bass is 500 mm, weighing 4.3 kg. In physics, buoyancy is an upward force on an object immersed in a fluid (i. ...
It appears off New Jersey in the first weeks of May, withdrawing in late October or early November, and wintering offshore at 55 to 130 m at temperatures above 8 °C. In summer it is most abundant at less than 37 m. Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Largest city Trenton Newark Area Ranked 47th - Total 8,729 sq mi (22,608 km²) - Width 70 miles (110 km) - Length 150 miles (240 km) - % water 14. ...
Diagnostic features - The spiny and soft ray portions of dorsalis are continuous, so there is only one long fin instead of two short separate ones as for the Wreck Fish Polyprion americanus, Scup Stenotomus chrysops, Rose Fish Sebastes marinus, Cunner Tautogolabrus adspersus, Tautog or Striped bass Morone saxatilis
- Rounded caudalis and pectoralia, short but high analis
- Compared to a tautog or cunner, its mouth is much larger, also the caudalis, pectoralia, and soft portion (11 rays) of dorsalis as long as spiny portion
- Compared to a wreck fish, its scales are much larger, the head outline and gill cover are smooth, and the caudalis is rounded at the edges
- It is stout-bodied, three times taller than long (without caudalis), and has a high back, flat topped head, moderately pointed snout, large oblique mouth, eye set up high (not as high as in the above image due to its slightly oblique perspective), and one sharp flat spine near the caudal end of the operculum
- The dorsalis originates at the anterior of the caudal end of the operculum, the soft portion of the dorsalis is more tall than long, the caudalis is rounded and in adults it is an elongated upper ray, the analis originates below soft portion of the dorsalis, which it resembles in its rounded shape and being more tall than long
- The pectoralia is very long nearly towards the analis, rounded (best fieldmark), the ventralia is very large, originate posterior of pectoralia (whereas slightly caudate in Scup, Rose Fish, Cunner and Tautog, below in Wreck Fish)
- Scales are very large but it is naked at the head with adult males developing fatty bumps in front of the dorsalis
It often rests stationary or cruises slowly around structures. It occasionally rests on the bottom or other structures, staying either head-down or head-up. It enters the smallest corners and caves with a body angle above ground often ca. 40° down. The dorsalis is normally folded close to the body, and it is only spread out as an aggressive posture reaction to other sea bass. Binomial name Stenotomus chrysops (Linnaeus, 1766) The Scup or porgy, Stenotomus chrysops, is a fish which occurs primarily in the Atlantic from Massachusetts to South Carolina. ...
Sebastidae Categories: Stub ...
Binomial name Tautogolabrus adspersus (Walbaum, 1792) A bergall or cunner, Tautogolabrus adspersus, is a saltwater fish found in the western Atlantic. ...
Family:Labridae Species:Tautoga onitis Tautog is a type of fish found in saltwater from Nova Scotia to South Carolina. ...
Binomial name Morone saxatilis (Walbaum, 1792) Striped bass are members of the temperate bass family which include white perch and white bass. ...
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External links - fishBASE information server
- detailed info from Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
- Project for children - build a fish mobile with a behavior
- Maine Department of Marine Resources
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