Species/Notes of Interest to Aquarists:
The nine species of this genus are mostly food and game predators,
and almost all temperate rather than tropical in temperature
preference.
| Paralabrax auroguttatus Walford 1936, the
Goldspotted Sand Bass. Eastern Pacific, the two Californias and Sea
of Cortez. To twenty eight inches overall length. This juvenile in
Bahia de Los Angeles is four inches. |
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| Paralabrax clathratus (Girard 1854), the
Kelp Bass. Eastern Pacific, from Baja, Mexico to the state of
Washington. To twenty nine inches long. Aquarium
specimen. |
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| Paralabrax maculatofasciatus Steindachner
1868, the Spotted Sand Bass. Eastern central Pacific, the two
Californias and Sea of Cortez. To twenty four inches maximum
length. This one in Bahia de Los Angeles about midway up the Mar de
Cortez. |
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| Paralabrax nebulifer (Girard 1854), the Barred Sand
Bass. Eastern Pacific, California (USA) to Acapulco. To twenty seven inches
in length. One off of cool San Diego, California is about a foot in length; in the SIO
aquarium. |
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Bibliography/Further Reading:
Thomson, Donald A., Lloyd T. Findley & Alex N.
Kerstitch.1979. Reef Fishes of the Sea of Cortez. John Wiley &
Sons, New York. 302pp.
