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)