Sea bass is a

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for a variety of different species of marine fish. Many fish species of various families have been called sea bass. In

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and the United Kingdom, the fish sold and consumed as sea bass is exclusively the

European bass The European bass (''Dicentrarchus labrax'') is a primarily ocean-going fish native to the waters off Europe's western and southern and Africa's northern coasts, though it can also be found in shallow coastal waters and river mouths during the su ...

, ''Dicentrarchus labrax''. Sometimes referred to as sea bass include the following:

Family Serranidae

Family

Serranidae The Serranidae are a large family of fishes belonging to the order Perciformes. The family contains about 450 species in 65 genera, including the sea basses and the groupers (subfamily Epinephelinae). Although many species are small, in some case ...

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Paralabrax ''Paralabrax'' is a genus of fishes in the family Serranidae. They are known commonly as rock basses.Pondella, D. J., et al. (2003)The phylogeny of ''Paralabrax'' (Perciformes: Serranidae) and allied taxa inferred from partial 16S and 12S mitocho ...

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Barred sand bass The barred sand bass (''Paralabrax nebulifer'') is a species of fish in the family Serranidae, the sea basses and groupers. It is native to California and Baja California, where it lives in the coastal waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean. Descrip ...

(''Paralabrax nebulifer'') lives mainly off the coast of California. * Genus ''

Centropristis ''Centropristis'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes which is a member of the subfamily Serraninae of the Family (biology), family Serranidae, which includes the groupers and Anthiinae, anthias. There are five species distributed in the weste ...

'' ** Black sea bass (''Centropristis striata'') is found on the East Coast of the United States. * Genus '' Caesioperca'' **

Butterfly perch The butterfly perch (''Caesioperca lepidoptera'') is a marine species of ray-finned fish in the subfamily Anthiinae, part of the sea bass family Serranidae. This fish is found in the eastern Indian Ocean, and the southwestern Pacific Ocean, inclu ...

(''Caesioperca Lepidoptera'') is found in the eastern Indian Ocean and the southwest Pacific Ocean, including southern Australia and New Zealand. * Genus ''

Caprodon ''Caprodon'' is a small genus of fish belonging to the subfamily Anthiinae. It contains three species. Taxonomy ''Caprodon'' was first established by Coenraad Jacob Temminck and Hermann Schlegel in 1843 based on the type species '' Anthias sch ...

'' ** Pink maomao (''Caprodon longimanus'') is found in the eastern Indian Ocean and the southern Pacific Ocean, including Australia and New Zealand. * Genus ''

Epinephelus ''Epinephelus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, groupers from the subfamily Epinephelinae, part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses. They are predatory fish, largely associated with reefs and are found i ...

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Potato cod The potato grouper (''Epinephelus tukula''), also called the potato cod or potato bass, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae which is part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and ...

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Epinephelus tukula The potato grouper (''Epinephelus tukula''), also called the potato cod or potato bass, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae which is part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and ...

''), also known as the potato bass or potato grouper, is a large reef fish found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. **

Dusky grouper ''Epinephelus marginatus'' (), the dusky grouper, yellowbelly rock cod or yellowbelly grouper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae which is part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the an ...

('' Epinephelus marginatus'') **

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Epinephelus caninus ''Epinephelus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, groupers from the subfamily Epinephelinae, part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses. They are predatory fish, largely associated with reefs and are found ...

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Hypoplectrodes ''Hypoplectrodes'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the Anthiinae subfamily, part of the family Serranidae, the groupers and sea basses. It contains eight species; six of which are endemic to Australia, with one species endemic ...

'' ** Redbanded perch (''Hypoplectrodes huntii'') is found in southeastern Australia and the North Island and northern South Island of New Zealand. * Genus '' Trachypoma'' ** Toadstool groper (''Trachypoma macracanthus'') is found in the southwest Pacific Ocean. * Genus '' Serranus'' **'' Serranus cabrilla'' ( Comber) (Linnaeus, 1758) **'' Serranus scriba'' ( Painted comber) (Linnaeus, 1758)

Other

* Family Latidae (also called Asian sea bass, whose range is the Indo-Pacific, from Australia to India) ** Genus '' Hypopterus'' (spikey seabass) *** '' Hypopterus macropterus'' ** Genus '' Lates'' (Lates sea bass) *** '' Lates calcarifer'' (

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, 1790) ( barramundi, Lates sea bass) *** '' Lates japonicus''

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& Y. Taki, 1984 (Japanese lates sea bass) ** Genus ''

Psammoperca The Waigieu seaperch (''Psammoperca waigiensis''), or Waigeo barramundi, is a species of marine fish in family Latidae of order Perciformes. The only species of genus ''Psammoperca'', it is native to tropical coastal waters from the Bay of Ben ...

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Psammoperca waigiensis The Waigieu seaperch (''Psammoperca waigiensis''), or Waigeo barramundi, is a species of seawater, marine fish in family (biology), family Latidae of order (biology), order Perciformes. The only species of genus ''Psammoperca'', it is native to ...

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Nototheniidae : ''In some scientific literature, the term "cod icefish" is used to identify members of this family. This should not be confused with the term "icefish," which refers to the "white-blooded" fishes of the family Channichthyidae. See Icefish (disam ...

** Genus '' Dissostichus'' (Chilean sea bass, a marketing term for the Patagonian toothfish) *** ''

Dissostichus eleginoides The Patagonian toothfish (''Dissostichus eleginoides'') is a species of Nototheniidae, notothen found in cold waters () between depths of in the southern Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pacific, and Indian Ocean, Indian Oceans and South ...

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Dissostichus mawsoni The Antarctic toothfish (''Dissostichus mawsoni'') is a large, black or brown fish found in very cold (subzero) waters of the Southern Ocean near Antarctica. It is the largest fish in the Southern Ocean, feeding on shrimp and smaller fish, and pr ...

'' * Family Moronidae ** Genus '' Dicentrarchus'' (European sea bass) *** '' Dicentrarchus labrax'' - European sea bass or sea dace *** '' Dicentrarchus punctatus'' - spotted sea bass * Family Polyprionidae ** Genus ''

Stereolepis ''Stereolepis'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fish from the family Polyprionidae, the wreckfish, which is native to the Pacific Ocean. Species The following two species are classified in the genus ''Stereolepis'': *''Stereolepis doederleini'' ...

'' giant sea bass, native to the northern Pacific Ocean) *** ''

Stereolepis gigas The giant sea bass (''Stereolepis gigas'') is a fish native to the North Pacific Ocean. Although commonly referred to as a giant sea bass, black sea bass or giant black sea bass, it is actually a wreckfish in the family Polyprionidae rather than ...

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Stereolepis doederleini ''Stereolepis doedereini'', the striped jewfish, is a marine (ocean), marine, ray-finned fish in the family (biology), family Polyprionidae, the wreckfish. It is found in the northwestern Pacific Ocean off Japan, Korea and the Far East of Russia. ...

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Lateolabracidae ''Lateolabrax'' is a genus of commercially important fishes known as the Asian seabasses. It is the only genus in the family Lateolabracidae. This genus is native to the coastal waters of the western Pacific Ocean. This genus has also been in ...

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Lateolabrax ''Lateolabrax'' is a genus of commercially important fishes known as the Asian seabasses. It is the only genus in the family Lateolabracidae. This genus is native to the coastal waters of the western Pacific Ocean. This genus has also been in ...

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Japanese sea bass The Japanese sea bass (''Lateolabrax japonicus'') is a species of catadromous marine ray-finned fish from the Asian sea bass family Lateolabracidae which is found in the Western Pacific. In Japan this species is known as . Description The Japa ...

, a fish commonly used in Japanese, Korean, and Chinese cuisines, is also commonly called ''suzuki''.) ***''

Lateolabrax japonicus The Japanese sea bass (''Lateolabrax japonicus'') is a species of catadromous marine ray-finned fish from the Asian sea bass family Lateolabracidae which is found in the Western Pacific. In Japan this species is known as . Description The Jap ...

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Lateolabrax latus The blackfin seabass (''Lateolabrax latus'') is a Perciforme fish in the family lateolabracidae, found primarily in the shallow waters of the Pacific coast of Asia, in Japan and in South Korea. There are only two species in the genus Lateolabrax, ...

, 1957 (blackfin sea bass) * Family Sciaenidae ** Genus '' Atractoscion'' (white sea bass) ***

White seabass White seabass or white weakfish, ''Atractoscion nobilis'', is a species of croaker occurring from Magdalena Bay, Baja California, to Juneau, Alaska. They usually travel in schools over deep rocky bottoms (0–122 m) and in and out of kelp beds. ...

('' Atractoscion nobilis'', family Sciaenidae), along the Pacific coast of the United States ** Genus ''

Pseudotolithus ''Pseudotolithus'' is a genus of croaker or bar, ray-finned fish in the family Sciaenidae Sciaenidae are a family of fish in the order Acanthuriformes. They are commonly called drums or croakers in reference to the repetitive throbbing or dru ...

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Pseudotolithus senegalensis Pseudotolithus senegalensis is a large fish found on the coast of West Africa West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Ve ...

'' (cassava croaker) *** ''

Pseudotolithus typus ''Pseudotolithus'' is a genus of croaker or bar, ray-finned fish in the family Sciaenidae. Selected species * ''Pseudotolithus elongatus'' - bobo croaker * ''Pseudotolithus senegalensis'' - cassava croaker * ''Pseudotolithus senegallus ''Pseu ...

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