Cynoscion
| Cynoscion | |
|---|---|
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| Cynoscion arenarius | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Percoidei |
| Superfamily: | Percoidea |
| Family: | Sciaenidae |
| Genus: | Cynoscion Gill, 1861 |
Cynoscion is a genus of fish in the drum family, Sciaenidae.
Species
The genus consists of 24 species:[1]
- Cynoscion acoupa (Lacepède, 1801) -- Acoupa Weakfish
- Cynoscion albus (Günther, 1864) -- Whitefin Weakfish
- Cynoscion analis (Jenyns, 1842) -- Peruvian Weakfish
- Cynoscion arenarius (Ginsburg, 1930) -- Sand Seatrout
- Cynoscion jamaicensis (Vaillant and Bocourt, 1883) -- Jamaica Weakfish
- Cynoscion leiarchus (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830) -- Smooth Weakfish
- Cynoscion microlepidotus (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830) -- Smallscale Weakfish
- Cynoscion nannus (Castro-Aguirre and Arvizu-Martinez, 1976) -- Dwarf Weakfish
- Cynoscion nebulosus (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830) -- Spotted Seatrout
- Cynoscion nortoni (Béarez, 2001) -- Hake Weakfish
- Cynoscion nothus (Holbrook, 1848) -- Silver Seatrout
- Cynoscion othonopterus (Jordan and Gilbert, 1882) -- Gulf Weakfish
- Cynoscion parvipinnis (Ayres, 1861) -- Shortfin Corvina
- Cynoscion phoxocephalus (Jordan and Gilbert, 1882) -- Cachema Weakfish
- Cynoscion praedatorius (Jordan and Gilbert in Jordan and Eigenmann, 1889) -- Boccone Weakfish
- Cynoscion regalis (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) -- Weakfish
- Cynoscion reticulatus (Günther, 1864)
- Cynoscion similis (Randall and Cervigón, 1968)
- Cynoscion squamipinnis (Günther, 1867) -- Scalyfin Corvina
- Cynoscion steindachneri (Jordan in Jordan and Eigenmann, 1889)
- Cynoscion stolzmanni (Steindachner, 1879) -- Yellowtail Corvina
- Cynoscion striatus (Cuvier, 1829)
- Cynoscion virescens (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830)
- Cynoscion xanthulus
References
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