Giant sea bass
| Giant sea bass | |
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| A giant sea bass at the California Academy of Sciences | |
| 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 | |
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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.
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