Cynoscion

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Cynoscion
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

  1. Genus on ITIS
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