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Family Moronidae

Family Moronidae. Temperate Basses Local species: Striped Bass ( Morone saxatilis ) Wreckfish ( Polyprion americanus ). Morone saxatilis. Moronidae Characteristics. Easily distinguished by two spines on the operculum Body compressed laterally, large mouth and ctenoid scales

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Family Moronidae

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  1. Family Moronidae • Temperate Basses • Local species: • Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) • Wreckfish (Polyprion americanus) Morone saxatilis Moronidae and Serranidae

  2. Moronidae Characteristics • Easily distinguished by two spines on the operculum • Body compressed laterally, large mouth and ctenoid scales • Tail is usually deeply forked, never hermaphrodites Moronidae and Serranidae

  3. Striped Bass • Anadromous species • A large percentage of the eastern U.S. population depends on the Chesapeake water shed for spawning Moronidae and Serranidae

  4. Striped Bass released in the Cape Fear Moronidae and Serranidae

  5. Wreckfish • Commercially important • Found on both sides of the Atlantic Moronidae and Serranidae

  6. Family Serranidae • Sea Basses • Common species: • Scamp (Mycteroperca phenax) • Gag (Mycteroperca microlepis) • Black Sea Bass (Centropristis striata) • Warsaw Grouper (Epinephelus nigritus) Moronidae and Serranidae

  7. Large piscivores that associate with temperate and tropical reefs Important food fish Top predators may be ciguatoxic Distinguished by: Large mouth and a heavy head 3 spines on the operculum 3 spines in the anal fin Usually hermaphroditic Serranidae Characteristics Moronidae and Serranidae

  8. Ciguatera • Condition caused by the ingestion of toxic fish flesh • Symptoms • Causative organism is a dinoflagellate called Gambierdiscus toxicus which can bloom in high numbers Moronidae and Serranidae

  9. Sequential hermaphrodite Sex change occurs: Females to Males Protogyny or protogynous Males to Females Protandrous or protandry Simultaneous hermaphrodite Contains both ovaries and testes So are you a guy or a girl? Moronidae and Serranidae

  10. Serranidae Black Sea Bass (Centropristis striata) Moronidae and Serranidae

  11. Serranidae Gag (Mycteroperca microlepis) Adult Juvenile Moronidae and Serranidae

  12. Serranidae Adult Juvenile Scamp (Mycteroperca phenax) Moronidae and Serranidae

  13. Serranidae Sand Perch (Diplectrum formosum) Moronidae and Serranidae

  14. Family Grammistidae • Soapfishes • Whitespotted soapfish (Rypticus maculatus) • Freckled soapfish (Rypticus bistrispinus) Moronidae and Serranidae

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