White seabass
White seabass | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Acanthuriformes |
Family: | Sciaenidae |
Genus: | Atractoscion |
Species: | A. nobilis
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Binomial name | |
Atractoscion nobilis (Ayres, 1860)
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White seabass or white weakfish, Atractoscion nobilis, is a species of
Description
The body of the white seabass is elongate, and somewhat compressed. The head is pointed and slightly compressed. The mouth is large, with a row of small teeth in the roof; the lower jaw slightly projects. The color is bluish to gray above, with dark speckling, becoming silver below. The young have several dark vertical bars. The white seabass is closely related to the California corbina, but is the only California member of the croaker family to exceed 20 pounds in weight. The largest recorded specimen was over 5 feet, 93.1 pounds. They are most easily separated from other croakers by the presence of a ridge running the length of the belly. C The diet of white seabass includes fishes, especially
Fishing
White seabass are fished primarily with live
In California, there is a minimum 28 inch size limit and current fishing regulations should be checked concerning bag limits.
References
- Much of this article is copied from California Marine Sportfish by the California Department of Fish and Game, Marine Region; a public domain resource.[1]
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Atractoscion nobilis" in FishBase. 5 2006 version.
- World Record Information taken from http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1748238.php
External links
- Santa Barbara Sea - A non-profit organization dedicated to restoring the White Seabass' population in the California Bight.
- White Seabass Fishing Guide