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Definition of Roccus saxatilis
1. Noun. Marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone.
Generic synonyms: Sea Bass
Group relationships: Genus Roccus, Roccus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Roccus Saxatilis
Literary usage of Roccus saxatilis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Angling by Leroy Milton Yale (1896)
"... and is very closely related to our " Rock- fish " or " Roccus saxatilis " ("
dwelling among rocks"); in which class our own beauty is included. ..."
2. Angling by Leroy Milton Yale, A. Foster Higgins, J. G. Aylwin Creighton, Robert Grant, August Rodney Macdonough, Alexander Cargill, Charles Frederick Holder (1896)
"... and is very closely related to our " Rock- fish " or " Roccus saxatilis " ("
dwelling among rocks"); in which class our own beauty is included. ..."
3. Angling by Leroy Milton Yale, A. Foster Higgins, J. G. Aylwin Creighton, Robert Grant, August Rodney Macdonough, Alexander Cargill, Charles Frederick Holder (1896)
"... to the Mediterranean, and is very closely related to our " Rock- fish "
or "Roccus saxatilis" ("dwelling among rocks"); in which class our own beauty is ..."
4. New English Canaan by Thomas Morton (2000)
"... likely the Striped Bass (Roccus saxatilis), which spawns in quiet tidal areas
of fresh or brackish water (McClane 896). Bass grow throughout life and at ..."
5. New English Canaan: Text, Notes, Biography & Criticism by Thomas Morton (1999)
"... likely the Striped Bass (Roccus saxatilis), which spawns in quiet tidal areas
of fresh or brackish water (McClane 8%). Bass grow throughout life and at ..."
6. New English Canaan Text & Notes by Jack Dempsey (2001)
"... likely the Striped Bass (Roccus saxatilis). which spawns 1n quiet tidal areas
of fresh or brackish water (McClane 896). Bass grow throughout life and at ..."
7. The Fisheries Exhibition Literature by London International Fisheries Exhibition (1884)
"Striped bass, Roccus saxatilis, MG Holton in 1873. 9. Land-locked salmon, Salmo
salar, var. sebago, HL Leonard in 1873- 10. ..."
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