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White × Striped Bass
Morone chrysops × saxatilis
A hybrid striped bass, also known as a wiper or whiterock bass, is a hybrid between the striped bass (Morone saxatilis) and the white bass (M. chrysops). Hybrid striped bass are considered better suited for culture in ponds than either parent species because they are more resilient to extremes of temperature and low dissolved oxygen, although they gravitate toward areas of moving water within impoundments.
From the article Hybrid striped bass on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Wiper can generally be distinguished from striped bass by broken rather than solid horizontal stripes on the body, with solid stripes more frequent above the lateral line and fewer interruptions posteriorly. Despite being widely used as an identifying characteristic, broken stripes are not most reliable trait for identification. A more reliable external characteristic to identify this hybrid is the number of tooth patches present on the tongue. Both white bass and wiper are deep-bodied but wiper reach a larger maximum size than white bass. Other distinguishing characteristics include a serrated operculum, a forked caudal fin, ctenoid scales, and silvery coloration.
What it does
Wiper are predominantly piscivorous, preferring clupeids such as gizzard shad and threadfin shad.
Wikipedia: “Diet”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 737685.