Species: Cynoscion nothus, Silver Weakfish, Silver seatrout

Cynoscion nothus (Holbrook, 1848)

Silver weakfish, Silver seatrout

Elongate and moderately compressed; mouth large, oblique, lower jaw slightly projecting; teeth in multiple rows with 2 large canines at tip of upper jaw, inner row of teeth on lower jaw widely spaced, enlarged, increasing in size to rear; gill rakers short, 11-15; no pores or barbels on chin; 2 pores on side of snout; preoperculum smooth; top corner of gill opening notched; dorsal rays X + I, 26-31; anal rays II (weak), 8-11; pectoral fins ½ head length, shorter than pelvic fins; rear margin of tail straight to with a blunt angular point below the midline; scales on body large and rough, equal to or larger than lateral line scales; soft dorsal with basal half scaled; lateral line arched anteriorly and straight well before level of anus, extends to the center of the end of the tail fin.