Species: Cynoscion nortoni, Hake weakfish

Cynoscion nortoni Bearez, 2001

Hake weakfish

Elongate, fusiform, compressed, oval cross-section; head long (33.5-36.2% SL), pointed; eye large (17.2-19.6% of head length); mouth a little oblique, reaches to nearly rear edge of eye, lower jaw a little projecting; front of top jaws with 1 pair of large pointed canines; no barbels or pores on chin; gill rakers 6-7+9-11; preopercle soft to touch, with small, weak spines at margin; dorsal fin with long base, a small gap separating the two parts, X-XI + I, 23-26 anal II (short, weak), 9-10, small; pectoral fins 17-18, relatively long, 62.5% of head length; rear margin of tail straight to bluntly pointed; scales rough on body, smooth on head, 54-56 on lateral line, 8 scales between lateral line and dorsal origin; membranes of soft dorsal and anal fins with a few basal scales, but no scale sheath; lateral line arched at front.

Uniform mid-grey, darker above; tip of lower jaw black; inside mouth, tongue and gill chamber black;  pectorals, pelvics and anal fins whitish, dorsal fin grey; tail fin blackish; upper half of axil of pectoral fin black.

Size: 40 cm.

Habitat: offshore, continental shelf, on bottom and midwater.

Depth: 100-265 m.

Eastern Panama to northern Peru.