Species: Cynoscion virescens, Green Weakfish

Cynoscion virescens (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830)

Green weakfish

Elongate, fusiform, compressed, oval cross-section; head low, not spongy on top; eye moderate; mouth large, oblique, lower jaw slightly projecting; teeth in multiple rows with 1-2 large canines at tip of upper jaw, inner row of teeth on lower jaw widely spaced, enlarged, increasing in size to rear; gill rakers long 7-11; no pores or barbels on chin; 2 pores on side of snout; margin of preopercle smooth; top corner of gill opening notched; dorsal rays X + I, 27-31; anal rays II, weak spines, 8-9; pectoral fins slightly > pelvic fins; rear margin of tail pointed in juvenile, with asymmetric blunt point in adult; scales small, all smooth,~140 transverse rows above lateral line; body scales smaller than lateral line scales; soft dorsal with 1-2 rows of small scales along its base; lateral line arched anteriorly and straight well before level of anus, extends to the center of the end of the tail fin.