A hybrid striped bass, also known as a wiper or whiterock bass, is a hybrid between the striped bass

Striped bass

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 (Morone saxatilis) and the white bass

White bass

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 (M. chrysops). It can be distinguished from the striped bass by broken rather than solid horizontal stripes on the body. Wipers are considered better suited for culture in pond

Pond

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s than either parent species because they are more resilient to extremes of temperature and to low dissolved oxygen.

Wipers became part of aquaculture

Aquaculture

Aquaculture, also known as aquafarming, is the farming of aquatic organisms such as fish, crustaceans, molluscs and aquatic plants. Aquaculture involves cultivating freshwater and saltwater populations under controlled conditions, and can be contrasted with commercial fishing, which is the...

 in the United States

United States

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 in the late 1980s. Most producers purchase the fish young (as fry

Fry

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 or fingerling

Fingerling

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s) and raise them in freshwater

Fresh Water

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 ponds. Currently about 10 million pounds

Pound (mass)

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 (4.5 million kg

Kilogram

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) are produced annually in the United States. Wipers are used both as a gamefish and a food fish.

Most wipers are produced by fertilizing eggs

Egg (biology)

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 from white bass with sperm

Sperm

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from striped bass; the resulting fish are also called "sunshine bass" or "cherokee bass".