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

Labrus squeteague var. squeteague

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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