Green Weakfish
Cynoscion virescens
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Sciaenidae
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.
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 virescens es una especie de pez de la familia Sciaenidae en el orden de los Perciformes. Morfología • Los machos pueden llegar alcanzar los 115 cm de longitud total y 3. 500 g de peso.
Distribution
Sources and credits
DescriptionCynoscion, Wikipedia contributorsMore from the same family
Acoupa Weakfish
Cynoscion acoupa
SciaenidaeJamaican Weakfish
Cynoscion jamaicensis
SciaenidaeJackknife Fish
Eques lanceolatus
SciaenidaeSpotted Drum
Equetus punctatus
SciaenidaeShorthead Drum
Larimus breviceps
SciaenidaeKing Weakfish
Macrodon ancylodon
SciaenidaeKingfish
Menticirrhus americanus
SciaenidaeWhitemouth Croaker
Micropogonias furnieri
Sciaenidae