black bass

black bass
    n 1: bluish black-striped sea bass of the Atlantic coast of the
         United States [syn: {black sea bass}, {black bass},
         {Centropistes striata}]
    2: widely distributed and highly prized American freshwater game
       fishes (sunfish family)
    

Black bass \Black" bass`\ (Zool.)
   1. An edible, fresh-water fish of the United States, of the
      genus {Micropterus}. The small-mouthed kind is
      {Micropterus dolomie[imac]}; the large-mouthed is
      {Micropterus salmoides}.
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   2. The sea bass. See {Blackfish}, 3.
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Chub \Chub\, n. [This word seems to signify a large or thick
   fish. Cf. Sw. kubb a short and thick piece of wood, and perh.
   F. chabot chub.] (Zool.)
   A species to fresh-water fish of the {Cyprinid[ae]} or Carp
   family. The common European species is {Leuciscus cephalus};
   the cheven. In America the name is applied to various fishes
   of the same family, of the genera {Semotilus}, {Squalius},
   {Ceratichthys}, etc., and locally to several very different
   fishes, as the {tautog}, {black bass}, etc.
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   {Chub mackerel} (Zool.), a species of mackerel ({Scomber
      colias}) in some years found in abundance on the Atlantic
      coast, but absent in others; -- called also {bull
      mackerel}, {thimble-eye}, and {big-eye mackerel}.

   {Chub sucker} (Zool.), a fresh-water fish of the United
      States ({Erimyzon sucetta}); -- called also {creekfish}.
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