Black bass Zool.
 1. An edible, fresh-water fish of the United States, of the genus Micropterus.  The small-mouthed kind is Micropterus dolomieī; the large-mouthed is Micropterus salmoides.
 2. The sea bass. See Blackfish, 3.

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 Chub n.  Zool. A species to fresh-water fish of the Cyprinidæ or Carp family. The common European species is Leuciscus cephalus; the cheven. In America the name is applied to various fishes of the same family, of the genera Semotilus, Squalius, Ceratichthys, etc., and locally to several very different fishes, as the tautog, black bass, etc.
 Chub mackerel Zool., a species of mackerel (Scomber colias) in some years found in abundance on the Atlantic coast, but absent in others; -- called also bull mackerel, thimble-eye, and big-eye mackerel.
 Chub sucker Zool., a fresh-water fish of the United States (Erimyzon sucetta); -- called also creekfish.

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 black bass
      n 1: bluish black-striped sea bass of the Atlantic coast of the
           United States [syn: black sea bass, {Centropistes
           striata]
      2: widely distributed and highly prized American freshwater
         game fishes (sunfish family)