any of various American coastal percoid fishes of the genus Centropristes and related genera, such as C. striatus (black sea bass), having an elongated body with a long spiny dorsal fin almost divided into two: family Serranidae
sea bass in American English
US
1.
any of a large family (Serranidae) of spiny-finned, predatory, marine percoid fishes; esp., a dark food fish (Centropristes striata) with large scales and a wide mouth, found along the Atlantic coast of the U.S.
2.
any of various similar fishes, as a white drum (Atractoscion nobilis) of the warm waters along the California coast