What is "white sea bass"

Sea bass \Sea" bass`\ . (Zo["o]l.)

1. A large marine food fish ( Serranus atrarius syn. Centropristis atrarius) which abounds on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It is dark bluish, with black bands, and more or less varied with small white spots and blotches. Called also, locally, blue bass, black sea bass, blackfish, bluefish, and black perch.

2. A California food fish ( Cynoscion nobile); -- called also white sea bass, and sea salmon.

Sea trout \Sea" trout`\ (Zo["o]l.)

1. Any one of several species of true trouts which descend rivers and enter the sea after spawning, as the European bull trout and salmon trout, and the eastern American spotted trout.

2. The common squeteague, and the spotted squeteague.

3. A California fish of the family Chirid[ae], especially Hexagrammus decagrammus; -- called also spotted rock trout. See Rock trout, under Rock.

4. A California sci[ae]noid fish ( Cynoscion nobilis); -- called also white sea bass.