What is "black bass"

Chub \Chub\, n. [This word seems to signify a large or thick fish. Cf. Sw. kubb a short and thick piece of wood, and perh. F. chabot chub.] (Zo["o]l.) A species to fresh-water fish of the Cyprinid[ae] or Carp family. The common European species is Leuciscus cephalus; the cheven. In America the name is applied to various fishes of the same family, of the genera Semotilus, Squalius, Ceratichthys, etc., and locally to several very different fishes, as the tautog, black bass, etc.

Chub mackerel (Zo["o]l.), a species of mackerel ( Scomber colias) in some years found in abundance on the Atlantic coast, but absent in others; -- called also bull mackerel, thimble-eye, and big-eye mackerel.

Chub sucker (Zo["o]l.), a fresh-water fish of the United States ( Erimyzon sucetta); -- called also creekfish.

n. Any fish of the genus (taxlink Micropterus genus noshow=1), such as the smallmouth bass ((taxlink Micropterus dolomieu species noshow=1)) or the largemouth bass (''Micropterus salmoides'').

1. n. bluish black-striped sea bass of the Atlantic coast of the United States [syn: black sea bass, Centropistes striata]

2. widely distributed and highly prized American freshwater game fishes (sunfish family)