black sea bass

fish
Also known as: Centropristes striata, Centropristis striata, Centropristis striatus

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description

  • Black sea bass (Centropristis striata)
    In sea bass

    …and sport are grouper; the black sea bass (Centropristis striata), a gray, brownish, or blackish species of the western Atlantic; and the graysby (Petrometopon cruentatus), of tropical western Atlantic waters.

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hermaphroditism

  • bluefin tuna
    In perciform: Life history

    The young of the black sea bass (Centropristis striata) are mostly females with normal egg-laying functions; after five years, however, some of these females transform into functional males. About 11 species of sparids have been found to display hermaphroditism at one time or throughout their lifetime.

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