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Centropristis
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Centropristis

Centropristis is a genus of fishes in the family Serranidae. There are five species distributed in the western North Atlantic Ocean. Fishes of this genus are known commonly as sea basses.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Black Sea Bass

speciesCentropristis striata

Rock Sea Bass

speciesCentropristis philadelphica

Bank Sea Bass

speciesCentropristis ocyurus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 83440.