A giant sea bass at the California Academy of Sciences
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Perciformes
Family:
Polyprionidae
Genus:
Stereolepis
Species:
S. gigas
Binomial name
Stereolepis gigas
Ayres, 1859
Synonyms[2]
Stereolepis californicus Gill, 1863
Megaperca ischinagi Hilgendorf, 1878
The giant sea bass (Stereolepis gigas) is a fish native to the North Pacific Ocean. Although commonly referred to as a giant sea bass, black sea bass or giant black sea bass, it is actually a wreckfish in the family Polyprionidae rather than in the sea bass family Serranidae.[3]
^Cornish, A. (Grouper & Wrasse Specialist Group) (2004). "Stereolepis gigas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T20795A9230697. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T20795A9230697.en. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
^Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Polyprionidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
^"Stereolepis gigas". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 April 2006.
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