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striped bass
(redirected from Morone saxatilis)

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striped bass  (bs)
n.
A North American food and game fish (Morone saxatilis) chiefly of coastal waters, having dark longitudinal stripes along its sides. Striped bass, which swim up rivers to spawn, are occasionally found in landlocked bodies of water. Also called rockfish, striper.
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Noun1.striped bass - caught along the Atlantic coast of the United Statesstriped bass - caught along the Atlantic coast of the United States
striper
sea bass, bass - the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae
2.striped bass - marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripesstriped bass - marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone
Roccus saxatilis, rockfish, striper
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
genus Roccus, Roccus - a genus of Serranidae
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Relative contribution of Hudson, Chesapeake, and Roanoke striped bass, Morone saxatilis, stocks to Atlantic coast fishery.
Use of non-natal estuaries by migratory striped bass (Morone ... by Mather, Martha E.; Finn, John T.; Ferry, Kristen H.; Deegan, Linda A.; Nelson, Gary A. / Fishery Bulletin
Mycobacterial infection may be a syndromic sentinel of altered environmental conditions that threaten aquatic animal health, ********** An ongoing epizootic of mycobacteriosis has been reported among striped bass, Morone saxatilis (1), in the Chesapeake Bay, one of the largest and most productive estuaries in North America.
Mycobacteria as environmental portent in Chesapeake Bay fish species by Baya, Ana M. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Mareska (2) We conducted a two-year study (1997-1999) to locate cool water thermal refuge for striped bass Morone saxatilis in the Pascagoula River, its principal tributary streams and associated off-channel environments.
Location of thermal refuge for striped bass in the Pascagoula River by Mareska, John F. / Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences
 
 
 
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