Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Perciformes
Subordo: Percoidei
Superfamilia: Percoidea
Familia: Serranidae
Subfamilia: Serraninae
Genus: Centropristis
Species: C. fuscula – C. ocyurus – C. philadelphica – C. rufus – C. striata
Name
Centropristis Cuvier, 1829
References
Centropristis – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Centropristis species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
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.[2] Fishes of this genus are known commonly as sea basses.[3]
Black sea bass (C. striata) is of economic importance in commercial and recreational fishing in the waters off of the East Coast of the United States.[3]
Species in genus Centropristis include:[2]
Centropristis fuscula Poey, 1861 (twospot sea bass)
Centropristis ocyurus (D.S. Jordan & Evermann, 1887) (bank sea bass)
Centropristis philadelphica (Linnaeus, 1758) (rock sea bass)
Centropristis rufa Cuvier 1829
Centropristis striata (Linnaeus 1758) (black sea bass)
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Centropristis.
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Centropristis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Centropristis Species of 'Centropristis' in FishBase. December 2019 version.
Mark W. Vandersea; R. Wayne Litaker; Katrin E. Marancik; et al. "Identification of larval sea basses (Centropristis spp.) using ribosomal DNA-specific molecular assays" (PDF). NOAA Fishery Bulletin. 106 (2): 189–193.
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