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Definition of Rock bass
1. Noun. A kind of sea bass.
Generic synonyms: Sea Bass
Group relationships: Centropristis, Genus Centropristis
2. Noun. Game and food fish of upper Mississippi and Great Lakes.
Generic synonyms: Centrarchid, Sunfish
Group relationships: Ambloplites, Genus Ambloplites
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rock Bass
Literary usage of Rock bass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fishing in American Waters by Genio C. Scott (1875)
"rock bass OF THE LAKES. This is rather better game than the " speckled hen,"
bites freely at a feathered squid troll, or to any shiny revolving spoon bait; ..."
2. Lake Maxinkuckee: A Physical and Biological Survey by Barton Warren Evermann, Howard Walton Clark (1920)
"The two rock bass measured were 1} and 1.06 inches long, and the yellow perch
... Catch: Bluegill, abundant; rock bass and yellow perch, few large and many ..."
3. Bass, Pike, Perch and Others by James Alexander Henshall (1903)
"THE ROCK-BASS (Ambloplites rupestris) In the same family with the black-bass are
a number of other sunfishes that will next be considered, ..."
4. Bass, Pike, Perch and Others by James Alexander Henshall (1903)
"t THE ROCK-BASS (Ambloplites rupestris) In the same family with the black-bass
are a number of other sunfishes that will next be considered, ..."
5. The Channel Islands of California: A Book for the Angler, Sportsman, and Tourist by Charles Frederick Holder, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (1910)
"The common small fish is the rock bass, which bears a close resemblance to the black
... The rock bass requires a three-ounce rod and a three-thread line, ..."
6. Bass, Pike, Perch and Other Game Fishes of America by James Alexander Henshall (1919)
"THE ROCK-BASS (Ambloplites rupestris) In the same family with the black-bass are
a number of other sunfishes that will next be considered, ..."
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