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Striped Bass

Morone saxatilis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Nova Scotia.January 7,221, February 6,141, March 8,832, April 11,103, May 18,406, June 16,011, July 25,690, August 16,226, September 13,058, October 13,855, November 9,133, December 8,242.
Canada535,872
Nova Scotia153,917
Quebec141,815
Newfoundland and Labrador72,890
Prince Edward Island72,739
United States19,831
Texas3,235
Georgia2,235
Virginia2,100
Maryland1,482

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
OrderButterflyfishes, Angelfishes, and Allies · Acanthuriformes
FamilyTemperate Basses · Moronidae
GenusWestern Atlantic Temperate Basses · Morone

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