kelp bass
noun
: a mottled sea bass (Paralabrax clathratus) that occurs along the Pacific coast of the U.S. and is an important sport fish
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Kelp forests provide a habitat for important commercial species of fish such as black rockfish and kelp bass.
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Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2024
Hara hardly rested on her laurels before spearing another world-record-breaking kelp bass just one month later.
—Kaila Yu, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2022
The easiest way to sleuth out the life cycle of a parasite is to present it with potential hosts, just as Dykman did with the worms in the kelp bass.
—Sabrina Imbler, The Atlantic, 16 Feb. 2021
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Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2024
Hara hardly rested on her laurels before spearing another world-record-breaking kelp bass just one month later.
—Kaila Yu, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2022
The easiest way to sleuth out the life cycle of a parasite is to present it with potential hosts, just as Dykman did with the worms in the kelp bass.
—Sabrina Imbler, The Atlantic, 16 Feb. 2021
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“Kelp bass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kelp%20bass. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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