striped bass

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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	striped 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 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