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sea bass
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sea bass,
A large marine food fish (Serranus atrarius syn. Centropristis atrarius ) which abounds on the Atlantic coast of the United States . It is dark bluish, with black bands, and more or less varied with small white spots and blotches. Called also, locally, blue bass , black sea bass , blackfish , bluefish , and black perch . [1913 Webster]
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