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Weakfishes
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Weakfishes

Cynoscion

Cynoscion is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family, Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers. These fish are found off the coasts of North and South America in the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific Oceans. Many fish in this genus have been given the common name weakfish.

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24 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 24 known species

Spotted Seatrout

speciesCynoscion nebulosus

Sand Weakfish

speciesCynoscion arenarius

Weakfish

speciesCynoscion regalis

Shortfin Corvina

speciesCynoscion parvipinnis

Silver Weakfish

speciesCynoscion nothus

Striped Weakfish

speciesCynoscion guatucupa

Striped Corvina

speciesCynoscion reticulatus

Acoupa Weakfish

speciesCynoscion acoupa

Stolzmann's Weakfish

speciesCynoscion stolzmanni

Peruvian Weakfish

speciesCynoscion analis

Whitefin weakfish

speciesCynoscion albus

Orangemouth Corvina

speciesCynoscion xanthulus

Gulf Weakfish

speciesCynoscion othonopterus

Green Weakfish

speciesCynoscion virescens

Smooth weakfish

speciesCynoscion leiarchus

Cachema weakfish

speciesCynoscion phoxocephalus

Scale-fin weakfish

speciesCynoscion squamipinnis

Smalltooth weakfish

speciesCynoscion steindachneri

Jamaica weakfish

speciesCynoscion jamaicensis

Dwarf weakfish

speciesCynoscion nannus

hake weakfish

speciesCynoscion nortoni

Tonkin weakfish

speciesCynoscion similis

Boccone weakfish

speciesCynoscion praedatorius

Smallscale Weakfish

speciesCynoscion microlepidotus

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