Sea bass \Sea" bass`\ . (Zool.)
(a) 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}.
(b) A California food fish ({Cynoscion nobile}); -- called
also {white sea bass}, and {sea salmon}.
[1913 Webster]