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Morone saxatilis (Walbaum, 1792)

Striped bass
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Common names: Bar d'Amérique, Bar rayé, Bar rayé
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: fairly common (chances are about 50%) | Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011
Importance: minor commercial | Ref: Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman, 1973
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Ranges from Quebec to Nova Scotia; rarely caught as a game fish (Ref. 52559). A popular fish sold in live fish markets. Found in 2 out of 6 live fish markets near the Lakes Erie and Ontario (Ref. 53249). Fairly common, but less so than before due to pollution of major spawning grounds (Ref. 86798). Also Refs. 2850, 5723, 6885, 7251. Status of threat: 1). Bay of Fundy population: threatened. Criteria: 1; 2). Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence population: threatened. Criteria: 1; 3). St. Lawrence Estuary population: possibly extinct. Criteria: 1 (http://fisc.er.usgs.gov/afs/) (Ref. 81264). Introduced in Pacific Coasts of USA, and occasionally recorded from British Columbia waters (Ref. 5723).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ca.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.ncr.dfo.ca/home_e.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott, 1988
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classificatie / Names Lokale namen | Synoniemen | Catalog of Fishes(Genus, Soort(en)) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Moronidae (Temperate basses)
Etymology: saxatilis: saxatilis=living among rocks (Ref. 79012).
  More on author: Walbaum.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologie

marien; zoet water; brak water demersaal; anadroom (Ref. 51243); diepte 30 - ? m (Ref. 2850).   Temperate; 8°C - 25°C (Ref. 47172); 49°N - 27°N, 94°W - 59°W (Ref. 86798)

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