1. Marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone
   "striper fishing is popular along the Atlantic coast";
   - striped bass, Roccus saxatilis, rockfish
    
2. A serviceman who wears stripes on the uniform to indicate rank or years of service
   "he's a four-striper"
    
3. Caught along the Atlantic coast of the United States
   "We enjoyed grilled striper at the seafood festival";
   - striped bass

Derived forms: stripers

Type of: bass[2], military personnel, sea bass, servicewoman

Part of: genus Roccus, Roccus

Encyclopedia: Striper