white sea bass

[ bas ]

noun

a large weakfish, Atractoscion nobilis, occurring along the Pacific coast of North America and popular as a sport and food fish.

Origin of white sea bass

First recorded in 1880–85

Rock fish, cod, or as Najmieh suggests, white sea bass or sea bass are the closest in taste and texture to this kind of fish.
Persian New Year Celebration With Author Azar Nafisi | Karen Fragala Smith | March 23, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
Those seven tons of splendid white sea-bass went into the fertilizer-plant, where many and many a ton had gone before!
Tales of Fishes | Zane Grey
One Austrian round-haul netter took seven tons of white sea-bass in one haul.
Tales of Fishes | Zane Grey
He made a very creditable record, getting a thirty-pound yellow-tail and several good-sized white sea-bass and bonito.
The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries | Francis Rolt-Wheeler
What becomes of these seven tons of white sea-bass and all the other tons and tons of yellowtail and albacore?
Tales of Fishes | Zane Grey

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