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Sciaenidae
silver seatrout
Cynoscion nothus
Trout of Mexican Waters
- Silver
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Atlantic Ocean
- North America
- Fusiform
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Silver
Tropical
Regional distribution
Fusiform
MediumThe silver seatrout (Cynoscion nothus), also known as white trout, sugar trout, and silver weakfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers. This fish is found in the Western Atlantic Ocean.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Sciaenidae
- Genus
- Cynoscion
- Maximum length
- 36 cm
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: Maryland to northeastern Florida in the USA and throughout Gulf of Mexico. Reported from Campeche Bank in Mexico (Ref. 5733 ). Often misidentified as Cynoscion regalis (Ref. 3702 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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