AS-499
 Sea Grant Tip Sheet Series: |
 Hybrid Striped Bass |
| 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 |
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