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The Rock Sea Bass fish identification, habitats, characteristics, Fishing methods
The Rock Sea Bass live near rock outcrops and shallow, rocky bottoms. Typically large-mouthed, bottom dwellers that have a dark black blotch on middle of dorsal fin base. The tip of their lower jaw is purplish, and they have bright blue and orange stripes and markings on their head and fins. This spike-finned fish changes sex over its lifetime: it starts out a female and becomes male as it grows older and larger. Their average weight is less than a 1/2 pound. Rock bass has firm flesh and very tasty skin.
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Rock Sea Bass Centropristis philadelphica, Family Serranidae, SEA BASSES AND GROUPER, is a saltwater reef-associated fish range in Western Atlantic fro North Carolina to Palm Beach in Florida, as well as the eastern Gulf of Mexico and northern Gulf of Mexico in the USA up to Louisiana.
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Description
Rock Sea Bass is olive-brown or bronze, with dark blotches forming vertical bars. They have a dark black blotch on middle of dorsal fin base. The tip of their lower jaw is purplish, and they have bright blue and orange stripes and markings on their head and fins. They usually are less then 1/2 pound.
Consider the olive or brown coloring with blotches that form bars.
Their fins and head have bright blue and orange stripes.
Their average weight is less than a 1/2 pound.
Habitats
The Rock Sea Bass is typically live offshore and only reach size of a pound or two. Found in temperate deep waters off the coasts. They differ from other sea basses in that it is often found on sandy or muddy bottoms. This seabass feeds on the bottom, taking squid, crustaceans, and small fish.
Spawning
They usually spawn from January through March; young adults are predominently female, transforming into males as they grow older; maximum size is about 10 inches.
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