Sea bass

Sea bass

Sea bass refers to many fish species of various families, including:

* Black sea bass ("Centropristis striata", in the family Serranidae), whose range is the eastern coast of the United States
* White sea bass ("Cynoscion nobilis", in the family Sciaenidae), commonly called "Corbina" along the Pacific coast of South and Central America.
* Giant sea bass ("Stereolepsis gigas", in the family Polyprionidae), off the coast of California
* Chilean sea bass, a marketing term for the Patagonian toothfish ("Dissostichus eleginoides", in the family Nototheniidae)
* European seabass or sea dace ("Dicentrarchus labrax", in the family Moronidae)
* Potato bass/cod/grouper ("Epinephelus tukula", a grouper in the family Serranidae), large reef fish found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans

(The term bass also refers to a number of freshwater sport fishes.)

Sea bass can also refer to:
*Sea Bass is also the nickname of a popular Florida Radio Personality Tommy Miske WRXK/WXTB/WKGR/WBGG
*Sea Bass is also a character in Dumb and Dumber, and Me, Myself & Irene played by former NHL player Cam Neely
*Seabass is also a nickname for Oakland Raiders kicker Sebastian Janikowski
*Seabass is also a nickname for Sébastien Chabal, a French rugby player of the Sale Sharks and the France national rugby union team
*'Seabass' is also a nickname for Sébastien Bourdais, French-national race driver and four time Champ Car series winner.
*'Seabass' is also a nickname for Carlos Beltran, center fielder for the New York Mets.
*Seabass is also a water taxi service by The Port Service, Yokohama, Japan.
*Seabass is also a nickname for Caitlin Jackson "Cjax" current lacrosse player at Northwestern University.


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