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Definition of Stone bass
1. Noun. Brown fish of the Atlantic and Mediterranean found around rocks and shipwrecks.
Generic synonyms: Sea Bass
Group relationships: Genus Polyprion, Polyprion
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stone Bass
Literary usage of Stone bass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1834)
"species, the stone-bass of Jamaica, is said occasionally to penetrate as far as
the coast of Cornwall, following pieces of wood covered with ..."
2. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"... the jew-, fish, or stone-bass, of Japan. Another Japanese jewfish is the Abura
... The European jewfish, more oil m called wreckfish, or stone-bass, ..."
3. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"The European jewfish, more often called wreckfish, or stone-bass, is Polyprion
americanas, and the equally large Polyprion ..."
4. Fish Stories Alleged and Experienced: With a Little History Natural and by Charles Frederick Holder, David Starr Jordan (1909)
"Another jewfish is known in England as wreckfish, or stone-bass. This is much
like the California jewfish. It is called in Spanish cherna, or in Italian ..."
5. Library of Natural History by Richard Lydekker (1901)
"The fish represented in the lower figure of the preceding illustration, and
commonly known as the stone bass (Polyprion cernuum), is one of two species ..."
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