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Stereolepis gigas (Black jewfish; Black sea bass; California black sea bass; Giant sea bass; Giant seabass; Pacific back sea bass; Pacific Jewfish; Sea bass)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The giant sea bass (Stereolepis gigas) is a fish native to the North Pacific Ocean. Despite its conspicuous size and curious nature, relatively little is known about its biology or behavior.
View Wikipedia Record: Stereolepis gigas

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Stereolepis gigas

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  309.927 lbs (140.58 kg)
Maximum Longevity [2]  70 years

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Alto Golfo de California y Delta del Rio Colorado Biosphere Reserve VI 2320468 Sonora, Mexico  
Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary   California, United States
Channel Islands National Park II 139010 California, United States

Prey / Diet

Predators

Paralichthys californicus (Halibut)[3]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Pseudorhabdosynochus caballeroi[3]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 2Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495.
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0