#2192 · 🐟 fish
Striped Bass
🇳🇱 Gestreepte zeebaars ·Morone saxatilis
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what is it?
The striped bass ( Morone saxatilis ), also called Atlantic striped bass , striper , linesider , rock , or rockfish , is an anadromous Perciforme fish of the family Moronidae found primarily along the Atlantic coast of North America. It has also been widely introduced into inland recreational fisheries across the United States. Striped bass found in the Gulf of Mexico are a separate strain referred to as Gulf Coast striped bass.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 5,421 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johann Julius Walbaum in 1792 (234 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Striped Bass
- Nederlands
- Gestreepte zeebaars
- scientific name
- Morone saxatilis
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Acanthuriformes
- family
- Moronidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 1
- sightings worldwide
- 5,421
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1792 by Johann Julius Walbaum
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Moronidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 51392, Wikidata Q842647, GBIF 2394612, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.