Bass (fish)

Types

• The black basses, such as the Choctaw bass, Guadalupe bass, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, and spotted bass belong to the sunfish family, Centrarchidae.
• The temperate basses, such as the European seabass, striped bass and white bass, belong to the family Moronidae.
• The Asian seabasses, such as the Japanese seabass and Blackfin seabass, belong to the family Lateolabracidae.

  Other species known as bass

• The Australian bass, Macquaria novemaculeata, is a member of the temperate perch family, Percichthyidae.
• The black sea bass, Centropristis striata, is a member of the sea bass and sea grouper family, Serranidae.
• The Chilean sea bass, Dissostichus eleginoides, also known as the Patagonian toothfish, is a member of the cod icefish family, Nototheniidae.
• The giant sea bass Stereolepis gigas, also known as the black sea bass, is a member of the wreckfish family, Polyprionidae.
• The "lanternbellies" or "temperate ocean-basses", Acropomatidae.
• The "butterfly peacock bass", Cichla ocellaris, is a member of the cichlid family, Cichlidae and a prized game fish along with its relatives in the genus Cichla.

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