| Common name: |
Hybrid Striped Bass,
Sunshine Bass,
Palmetto Bass, Wipper |
| Scientific name: |
Morone saxatilis x M. chrysops
or M. chrysops x M. saxatilis |
| Production potential: |
Moderate |
| Marketing potential: |
Potential: Moderate
Size: 1.5 - 3.5 lbs
Market: Food, Sport |
| Temperature requirements: |
Growing: 77-86oF
Spawning: 61-68oF
Lethal: N.A. |
| Feed requirements: |
Protein: 45-50%
Fat: 15%
Fry: Stocked into ponds containing rodifer and cladocern zooplankton popoulations |
| Spawning requirements: |
Spawns late March to May. Cross
made with either female white bass and
male striped bass (Sunshine Bass) or with female striped bass and male
white bass (Palmetto Bass). Female striped bass average 25,000 eggs per
ounce of spawn and white bass females average 100,000 eggs per spawn. Eggs
hatch in two to five days. Survival of fry is low less than 50%. |
Most common
production systems: |
Ponds, recycle systems and cages |
