Sea bass is a

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for a variety of species of

marine fish Saltwater fish, also called marine fish or sea fish, are fish that live in seawater. Saltwater fish can swim and live alone or in a large group called a school. Saltwater fish are very commonly kept in aquariums for entertainment. Many saltwater ...

. 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, ...

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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 Serranidae, which includes the groupers and anthias. There are five species distributed in the western North Atlantic Ocean. Fish ...

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Black sea bass The black sea bass (''Centropristis striata'') is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sea bass from the subfamily Serraninae which is part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the groupers and anthias. It is found in the western ...

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

Caesioperca ''Caesioperca'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Anthiadidae. It contains just two species, found in the ocean off Southern Australia and New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It ...

'' ** 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 ...

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Epinephelus tukula ''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 ...

''), 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 The redbanded perch (''Hypoplectrodes huntii'') is an anthia of the genus '' Hypoplectrodes'', found in south eastern Australia, and the North Island and northern South Island of New Zealand, at depths between 5 and 100 m, its length is between ...

(''Hypoplectrodes huntii'') is found in southeastern Australia and the North Island and northern South Island of New Zealand. * Genus '' Trachypoma'' **

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(''Trachypoma macracanthus'') is found in the southwest Pacific Ocean. * Genus ''

Serranus ''Serranus'' is a genus of fish in the family (biology), family Serranidae. It is one of five genera known commonly as the "Atlantic dwarf sea basses". These fish are hermaphrodites, each individual possessing functional male and female reproduct ...

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Serranus cabrilla The comber (; ''Serranus cabrilla'') is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the family Serranidae, the sea basses. It is widely distributed in the eastern North and South Atlantic Oceans and into the southwestern Indian Ocean. It is caught f ...

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Serranus scriba The painted comber (''Serranus scriba'') is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sea bass from the subfamily Serraninae, classified as part of the family Serranidae which includes the groupers and anthias. It is found in the eastern Atlantic O ...

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Painted comber The painted comber (''Serranus scriba'') is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sea bass from the subfamily Serraninae, classified as part of the family Serranidae which includes the groupers and anthias. It is found in the eastern Atlantic O ...

) (Linnaeus, 1758)

Other

* Family

Latidae The Latidae, known as the lates perches, are a family of perch-like fish found in Africa, Asia, and the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. Including about 13 species, the family, previously classified subfamily Latinae in family Centropomidae, w ...

(also called Asian sea bass, whose range is the Indo-Pacific, from Australia to India) ** Genus ''

Hypopterus The spikey bass (''Hypopterus macropterus'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Latidae, the lates perches. It is endemic to coastal waters off Western Australia, where it inhabits areas with soft substrates. It is the only species in ...

'' (spikey seabass) *** ''

Hypopterus macropterus The spikey bass (''Hypopterus macropterus'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Latidae, the lates perches. It is endemic to coastal waters off Western Australia, where it inhabits areas with soft substrates. It is the only species in ...

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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 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 Indo ...

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

'' (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 ...

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Dissostichus ''Dissostichus'', the toothfish, is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Nototheniidae, the notothens or cod icefish. These fish are found in the Southern Hemisphere. Toothfish are marketed for consumption in the United St ...

'' (Chilean sea bass, a marketing term for the

Patagonian toothfish The Patagonian toothfish (''Dissostichus eleginoides''), also known as Chilean sea bass, mero, and icefish, is a species of notothen found in cold waters () between depths of in the southern Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans and Southern ...

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Dissostichus eleginoides The Patagonian toothfish (''Dissostichus eleginoides''), also known as Chilean sea bass, mero, and icefish, is a species of notothen found in cold waters () between depths of in the southern Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans and Southern ...

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Dissostichus mawsoni The Antarctic toothfish (''Dissostichus mawsoni''), also known as the Antarctic cod, is a large, black or brown fish found in very cold (even subzero) waters of the Southern Ocean near Antarctica. It is the largest species of bony fish in the Sou ...

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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 ...

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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 ''Stereolepis'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fish native to the Pacific Ocean. It is the only valid genus in the family Stereolepididae in the order Acropomatiformes. Species The following two species are classified in the 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 ''Stereolepis doedereini'', the striped jewfish, is a marine ray-finned fish in the family Stereolepididae. It is found in the northwestern Pacific Ocean off Japan, Korea and the Far East of Russia. The adults can grow to a maximum total lengt ...

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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 ...

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Atractoscion ''Atractoscion'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fished belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers. The fishes in this genus are found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Taxonomy ''Atractoscion'' was first proposed as a ...

'' (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'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums or croakers. The species in this genus are found in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean. Taxonomy ''Pseudotolithus'' was first proposed as a genus in 18 ...

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Pseudotolithus senegalensis Pseudotolithus senegalensis, the cassava drum, is a large fish found on the coast of West Africa West Africa, also known as Western Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations geoscheme for Africa#Western Africa, United Na ...

'' (cassava croaker) *** ''

Pseudotolithus typus ''Pseudotolithus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums or croakers. The species in this genus are found in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean. Taxonomy ''Pseudotolithus'' was first proposed as a genus in 18 ...

'' (longneck croaker)

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