striped bass

[ bas ]

noun

1. an important American game fish, Morone saxatilis, having blackish stripes along each side.

Word History and Origins

Origin of striped bass¹

An Americanism dating back to 1810–20

Example Sentences

In this recipe at Food & Wine, David Chang "pulverizes the kombu to a powder and blends it with softened butter to baste striped bass fillets."

From Salon

Enclosed in levees, the shallow forebay is filled with nonnative striped bass and other predators, which feed on juvenile salmon, steelhead trout and other native fish.

From Los Angeles Times

This includes salmon as well as mackerel, trout, herring, sablefish/black cod, sardines, bluefin tuna, whitefish and striped bass.

From Seattle Times

He noted that many factors have harmed the Chinook, such as non-native striped bass that feed on young salmon passing through the delta, and algae blooms that at times starve the water of oxygen.

From Los Angeles Times

At one point or another, the fate of both projects hinged on the risks they posed to the breeding grounds of the striped bass, which was later named New York State’s official saltwater fish.

From New York Times