Sea bass can mean:
Many fish species of various families, including:
- Asian seabass (Lates Calcarifer, in the family Latidae), whose range is the Indo-Pacific, from Australia to India
- Black sea bass (Centropristis striata, in the family Serranidae), whose range is the eastern coast of the United States
- White sea bass (Cynoscion nobilis, in the family Sciaenidae), along the Pacific coast of the United States
- Giant sea bass (Stereolepsis gigas, in the family Polyprionidae), off the coast of California
- Japanese seabass, a name for Lateolabrax japonicus, a fish commonly used in Japanese, Korean, and Chinese cuisines. It is also commonly called Suzuki and Japanese seaperch.
- Chilean sea bass, a marketing term for the Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides, in the family Nototheniidae)
- European seabass or sea dace (Dicentrarchus labrax, in the family Moronidae)
- Potato bass/cod/grouper (Epinephelus tukula, a grouper in the family Serranidae), large reef fish found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans
(The term bass also refers to a number of freshwater sport fishes.)
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