Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Sciaenidae > Cynoscion > Cynoscion regalis

Cynoscion regalis (Weakfish; Squit; Squeteague; Silver weakfish; Silver squeteague; Silver seatrout; Seatrout; Shecutts; Sandtrout; Saltwater trout; Grey weakfish; Grey trout; Gray weakfish; Gray squwteague; Gray sea trout; Common weakfish; Chickwick; Bastard weakfish; Bastard trout; tide runner, gray trout, sun trout, shad trout, yellow-finned trout & yellowmout)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The weakfish, Cynoscion regalis, is a marine fish of the drum family Sciaenidae. A medium-large, slender, marine fish, it is found along the east coast of North America. The head and back of this fish are dark brown in color with a greenish tinge. The sides have a faint silvery hue with dusky specks, and the belly is white. The origin of its name is based on the weakness of the mouth muscles, which often cause a hook to tear free, allowing the fish to escape. The weakfish grows to 1 m (3 feet) in length and 9 kg (20 pounds) in weight. It is found along the eastern coast of North America from Nova Scotia, Canada to northern Florida, where it is fished both commercially and recreationally.
View Wikipedia Record: Cynoscion regalis

Infraspecies

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Cynoscion regalis

Attributes

Migration [2]  Oceanodromous
Water Biome [1]  Coastal

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Gateway National Recreation Area V 1807 New Jersey, United States

Emblem of

Delaware

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Consumers

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
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3Food of Northwest Atlantic Fishes and Two Common Species of Squid, Ray E. Bowman, Charles E. Stillwell, William L. Michaels, and Marvin D. Grosslein, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NE-155 (2000)
4Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
5 Steimle FW, Pikanowski RA, McMillan DG, Zetlin CA, Wilk SJ. 2000. Demersal Fish and American Lobster Diets in the Lower Hudson - Raritan Estuary. US Dep Commer, NOAA Tech Memo NMFS NE 161; 106 p.
6DIET OF THE SANDBAR SHARK, CARCHARHINUS PLUMBEUS, IN CHESAPEAKE BAY AND ADJACENT WATERS, Julia K. Ellis, Masters Thesis, The College of William and Mary, 2003
7Latour, Robert J., et al. "The trophic dynamics of summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) in Chesapeake Bay." Fishery Bulletin 106.1 (2008): 47+. Academic OneFile. Web. 23 July 2010
8Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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