Credit: Illustration by Diane Rome Peebles
Family Sciaenidae
Description: color silvery with yellowish fins; no spots; no chin
barbels; no prominent canine teeth at tip of upper jaw; preopercle finely
serrated; 5 to 6 chin pores; mouth terminal
Similar fish: sand
seatrout, Cynoscion arenarius (the seatrouts usually have 1 or 2
prominent canine teeth at tip of upper jaw and do not have chin
pores)
Where found: inshore in seagrass beds, tidal creeks and
rivers, and marshes
Size: small, not exceeding 9
inches
Remarks: spawning takes place in shallow, saling portions
of bays and other inshore areas, peaking between May and September; matures by
second or third year (about 6 inches); adults eat crustaceans and small fishes;
may live to 6 years
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