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.

Exact synonyms: Rockfish, Striped Bass, Striper
Generic synonyms: Sea Bass
Group relationships: Genus Roccus, Roccus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Roccus Saxatilis

Robison
Robison-Embden ester
Robison ester
Robitussin
Roblett
Roblin
Robson
Roby
Robyn
Roccella tinctoria
Roccellaceae
Rocco
Rocco Marciano
Roccus
Roccus saxatilis
Rocephin
Rochalimaea
Rochambeau
Rochdale
Roche
Roche limit
Roche limits
Rochelle
Rochelle powder
Rochelle salt
Rochelle salts
Rocher's sign
Rochester
Rochon prism

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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