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Definition of Cynoscion regalis

Cynoscion regalis
Squeteague Sque*teague" (skw[-e]*t[=e]g"), n. [from the North American Indian name.] (Zo["o]l.) An American sci[ae]noid fish (Cynoscion regalis), abundant on the Atlantic coast of the United States, and much valued as a food fish. It is of a bright silvery color, with iridescent reflections. Called also weakfish, squitee, chickwit, and sea trout. The spotted squeteague (C. nebulosus) of the Southern United States is a similar fish, but the back and upper fins are spotted with black. It is called also spotted weakfish, and, locally, sea trout, and sea salmon.

Meaning of Cynoscion regalis from wikipedia

- Cynoscion regalis, the weakfish, is a marine ray-finned fish of the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers. A medium-large, slender, marine fish, it...
- name weakfish. Cynoscion was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1861 by the American biologist Theodore Gill with Johnnius regalis, a species originally...
- closely related to the common weakfish (Cynoscion regalis) and may be a subspecies of C. regalis. Cynoscion arenarius was first formally described in...
- reminiscent of a brown trout. This fish is closely related to the weakfish, Cynoscion regalis.[citation needed] The average size of spotted seatrout is 0.5–1.0 kg...
- (Sciaenops ocellatus), the spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus), and the weakfish (Cynoscion regalis). It is commonly found in sounds and estuaries...
- b**** (Morone saxatilis), bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix), weakfish (Cynoscion regalis), little skate (Leucoraja erinacea), spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias)...
- silver seatrout landed and this species is likely to be confused for Cynoscion regalis in landings along the eastern coast of the United States and for C...
- striped b**** (Morone saxatilis), bowfin (Amia calva) and gray weakfish (Cynoscion regalis), prey on the pickerels in turn when the latter venture into larger...
- Chittenden, ME; Barbieri, LR (1995). "Age and growth of weakfish, Cynoscion regalis, in the Chesapeake Bay region with a discussion of historical changes...
- such as gobies and pearlfish. It is itself eaten by the weakfish (Cynoscion regalis). It is often ****ociated with the black-clawed mud crab (Panopeus...