Giant sea bass
| Giant sea bass | |
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| A giant sea bass at the California Academy of Sciences | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acropomatiformes |
| Family: | Stereolepididae |
| Genus: | Stereolepis |
| Species: | S. gigas
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| 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 unrelated to sea basses in the family Serranidae.