Jamaican Weakfish
Cynoscion jamaicensis
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Sciaenidae
Cynoscion est un genre de poissons de la famille des Sciaenidae. Il regroupe la majorité des espèces d'acoupas. Le record du son le plus fort émis par des poissons a été enregistré chez le mâle de Cynoscion othonopterus.
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.
La curbinata o tonquicha (Cynoscion jamaicensis) es una especie de pez de la familia Sciaenidae en el orden de los Perciformes. Morfología • Los machos pueden llegar alcanzar los 50 cm de longitud total y 1. 000 g de peso.
Distribution
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