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Bank Sea Bass

Centropristis ocyurus

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 12, February 15, March 14, April 22, May 22, June 13, July 11, August 10, September 13, October 13, November 10, December 11.
United States641
North Carolina165
Alabama31
South Carolina27
Texas26
Georgia8
Mississippi4
Massachusetts3
New Jersey3
Louisiana1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderPerches, Scorpionfishes, Sticklebacks, and Allies · Perciformes
FamilySea Basses · Serranidae
GenusCentropristis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Bank Sea Bass with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.