Sea bass is a

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for a variety of 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 seabass (''Dicentrarchus labrax''), also known as the branzino, European bass, sea bass, common bass, white bass, capemouth, white salmon, sea perch, white mullet, sea dace or loup de mer, is a primarily ocean-going fish native to the ...

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

Family Serranidae

Family

Serranidae Serranidae is a large family (biology), 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, ...

* Genus '' Paralabrax'' ** Barred sand bass (''Paralabrax nebulifer'') lives mainly off the coast of California. * Genus '' Centropristis'' ** Black sea bass (''Centropristis striata'') is found on the East Coast of the United States. * Genus '' Caesioperca'' ** Butterfly perch (''Caesioperca Lepidoptera'') is found in the eastern Indian Ocean and the southwest Pacific Ocean, including southern Australia and New Zealand. * Genus '' Caprodon'' ** 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 fo ...

'' ** Potato cod ('' Epinephelus tukula''), 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 ''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 ...

'') ** Dogtooth grouper ('' Epinephelus caninus'') * Genus '' Hypoplectrodes'' ** 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'' is a genus of freshwater and euryhaline lates perches belonging to the family Latidae. The genus, generic name is also used as a common name, lates, for many of the species. All species are predatory, and the Nile perch (''L. niloticus ...

'' (Lates sea bass) *** '' Lates calcarifer'' (

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barramundi The barramundi (''Lates calcarifer''), Asian sea bass, or giant sea perch (also known as dangri, apahap or siakap) is a species of catadromous fish in the family Latidae of the order Carangiformes. The species is widely distributed in the I ...

, Lates sea bass) *** '' Lates japonicus'' Katayama & Y. Taki, 1984 (Japanese lates sea bass) ** Genus '' Psammoperca'' (Waigeo sea bass) *** '' Psammoperca waigiensis'' * Family

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'' *** '' Dissostichus mawsoni'' * Family

Moronidae The Moronidae is a family of percomorph fishes, commonly called the temperate basses, in the order Moroniformes. These fishes are found in the freshwaters of North America and the coastal waters of the North Atlantic. Taxonomy Moronidae was f ...

** Genus ''

Dicentrarchus ''Dicentrarchus'' is a genus of ray-finned fishes belonging to the Family (biology), family Moronidae, the temperate basses. The two species in this genus are found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. The species in this genu ...

'' (European sea bass) *** ''

Dicentrarchus labrax The European seabass (''Dicentrarchus labrax''), also known as the branzino, European bass, sea bass, common bass, white bass, capemouth, white salmon, sea perch, white mullet, sea dace or loup de mer, is a primarily ocean-going fish native to the ...

'' - European sea bass or sea dace *** ''

Dicentrarchus punctatus The spotted seabass (''Dicentrarchus punctatus'') is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Moronidae, the temperate basses. This species is found in the marine and brackish waters of the coastal eastern Atlantic Ocean from the Eng ...

'' - spotted sea bass * Family Polyprionidae ** Genus '' Stereolepis'' 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 Wreckfish, Polyprionidae ...

'' (giant sea bass) *** '' Stereolepis doederleini'' * Family Lateolabracidae ** Genus ''

Lateolabrax ''Lateolabrax'' is a genus of commercial fisheries, commercially important ray-finned 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 Oce ...

'' ( Japanese sea bass, 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. Japanese names In the Kanto area (Eastern Japan), incl ...

'' ( G. Cuvier, 1828) (Japanese sea bass) *** ''

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, ...

'' Katayama, 1957 (blackfin sea bass) * Family

Sciaenidae Sciaenidae is a family (biology), family of ray-finned fishes belonging to the Order (biology), order Acanthuriformes. They are commonly called drums or croakers in reference to the repetitive throbbing or drumming sounds they make. The family co ...

** Genus '' Atractoscion'' (white sea bass) ***

White seabass The white seabass or white weakfish, ''Atractoscion nobilis'', is a species of Sciaenidae, croaker occurring from Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, to Juneau, Alaska. They usually travel in Shoaling and schooling, schools over deep rocky botto ...

('' Atractoscion nobilis'', family

), along the Pacific coast of the United States ** Genus '' Pseudotolithus'' ***'' Pseudotolithus senegalensis'' (cassava croaker) *** '' Pseudotolithus typus'' (longneck croaker)

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