![]() The history of the striped bass fishery in North America dates back to the Colonial period. The striped bass is the state fish of Maryland, Rhode Island, and South Carolina, and the state saltwater (marine) fish of New York, New Jersey, Virginia, and New Hampshire. Striped bass found in the Gulf of Mexico are a separate strain referred to as Gulf Coast striped bass. ![]() It has also been widely introduced into inland recreational fisheries across the United States. The striped bass ( Morone saxatilis), also called the Atlantic striped bass, striper, linesider, rock, or rockfish, is an anadromous perciform fish of the family Moronidae found primarily along the Atlantic coast of North America. Perca mitchilli alternata Mitchill, 1815. ![]() Southern coastal range in yellow (also further north along the Atlantic coast and inland in North America)
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