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Overview
Comprehensive Description
Biology
Occurs usually over sandy bottoms in inshore waters along beaches and in river mouths. Feeds mainly on crustaceans and fishes.
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Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray 1986 A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)
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Distribution
Distribution
Western Atlantic: Maryland to northeastern Florida in the USA and throughout Gulf of Mexico. Reported from Campeche Bank in Mexico
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North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
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Distribution
Gulf of Mexico, North West Atlantic
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North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
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Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
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National Distribution
United States
Origin: Native
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
Type of Residency: Year-round
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Western Atlantic: Maryland to northeastern Florida in the USA and throughout Gulf of Mexico. Reported from Campeche Bank in Mexico (Ref. 5733). Often misidentified as Cynoscion regalis (Ref. 3702).
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Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray 1986 A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)
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Physical Description
Morphology
Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 26 - 31; Analspines: 2; Analsoft rays: 8 - 11; Vertebrae: 27
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Chao, N.L. 2002 Scianidae. Croakers. p. 1583-1653. In K.E. Carpenter (ed.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Vol. 3: Bony fishes part 2 (Opistognathidae to Molidae), sea turtles and marine mammals. (Ref. 51721)
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Size
Max. size
36.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 3702)); max. reported age: 1 years (Ref. 31629)
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Chao, L.N. 1978 Sciaenidae. In W. Fischer (ed.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. West Atlantic (Fishing Area 31). Volume 4. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 3702)
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DeVries, D.A. and M.E. Chittenden, Jr. 1982 Spawning, age determination, longevity, and mortality of the silver seatrout, Cynoscion nothus, in the Gulf of Mexico. Fish. Bull. 80(3):487-498. (Ref. 31629)
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Diagnostic Description
Colour greyish above and changing abruptly to silvery below. Back and upper sides sometimes with very faint irregular rows of spots. Dorsal fin dusky, other fins pale to yellowish. Mouth large, oblique, lower jaw projecting. Upper jaw with a pair of large canine-like teeth at tip. Lower jaw with a row of sharp enlarged inner-row teeth, widely spaced. Chin without barbels or pores. Snout with 2 marginal pores. Gas bladder with a pair of straight, horn-like anterior appendages. Soft portion of dorsal fin covered with small scales on basal half of in (Ref 51721).
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Chao, N.L. 2002 Scianidae. Croakers. p. 1583-1653. In K.E. Carpenter (ed.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Vol. 3: Bony fishes part 2 (Opistognathidae to Molidae), sea turtles and marine mammals. (Ref. 51721)
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Ecology
Habitat
Habitat
benthic
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Depth range based on 783 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 189 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 0 - 205
Temperature range (°C): 16.407 - 25.997
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.289 - 4.874
Salinity (PPS): 33.723 - 36.329
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.146 - 5.755
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.094 - 0.424
Silicate (umol/l): 0.756 - 2.629
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 0 - 205
Temperature range (°C): 16.407 - 25.997
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.289 - 4.874
Salinity (PPS): 33.723 - 36.329
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.146 - 5.755
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.094 - 0.424
Silicate (umol/l): 0.756 - 2.629
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Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 189 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 0 - 205
Temperature range (°C): 16.407 - 25.997
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.289 - 4.874
Salinity (PPS): 33.723 - 36.329
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.146 - 5.755
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.094 - 0.424
Silicate (umol/l): 0.756 - 2.629
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 0 - 205
Temperature range (°C): 16.407 - 25.997
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.289 - 4.874
Salinity (PPS): 33.723 - 36.329
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.146 - 5.755
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.094 - 0.424
Silicate (umol/l): 0.756 - 2.629
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Migration
Non-Migrant: No. All populations of this species make significant seasonal migrations.
Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make local extended movements (generally less than 200 km) at particular times of the year (e.g., to breeding or wintering grounds, to hibernation sites).
Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make annual migrations of over 200 km.
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Trophic Strategy
Feeds mainly on fish and benthic organisms (Ref. 1657).
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Tapia García, M., A. Yáñez-Arancibia, P. Sánchez-Gil and M. de la C. García-Abad 1988 Biología y ecología de Cynoscion nothus (Holbrook), en las comunidades demersales de la plataforma continental del sur del Golfo del México (Pisces: Sciaenidae). Rev. Biol. Trop. 36(1):29-54. (Ref. 1657)
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Barcode data: Cynoscion nothus
The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.
There is 1 barcode sequence available from BOLD and GenBank. Below is the sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species. See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen. Other sequences that do not yet meet barcode criteria may also be available.
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There is 1 barcode sequence available from BOLD and GenBank. Below is the sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species. See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen. Other sequences that do not yet meet barcode criteria may also be available.
GBGC4913-08|EU180147|Cynoscion nothus| ------------------------------------------CTCTACCTAGTTTTCGGTGCATGAGCCGGAATGGTAGGCACAGCTTTA---AGCCTTCTAATCCGAGCAGAACTAAGTCAACCAGGCGCACTCCTTGGAGAT---GACCARGTCTATAACGTAATTGTTACAGCACACGCCTTTGTTATAATTTTCTTTATAGTAATACCCATCATAATTGGAGGGTTCGGAAACTGACTTGTACCATTAATG---ATTGGAGCCCCCGACATAGCATTTCCTCGAATGAACAATATAAGCTTCTGACTTCTTCCCCCCTCCTTCCTCCTTCTCCTAACCTCTTCAGGAGTAGAGGCAGGGGCCGGGACAGGCTGAACAGTCTACCCCCCRCTTGCAGGCAACCTCGCCCACGCAGGGGCCTCCGTTGACTTA---GCTATCTTCTCCCTACACCTCGCAGGTGTCTCATCAATTCTAGGGGCCATTAACTTTATTACAACAATTATTAATATGAAACCCCCTGCTATTTCCCAATATCAAACGCCCTTATTTGTATGGGCTGTTCTAATTACAGCTGTTCTCCTACTACTCTCACTCCCCGTCTTAGCTGCC---GGCATTACAATGCTTCTRACAGACCGCAACCTAAATACAACCTTCTTTGACCCAGCAGGGGGAGGGGAYCCCATTCTTTACCAACATTTA-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Cynoscion nothus
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 1
Species: 13
Species With Barcodes: 1
Public Records: 1
Species: 13
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Conservation
Conservation Status
National NatureServe Conservation Status
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: NNR - Unranked
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NatureServe Conservation Status
Rounded Global Status Rank: GNR - Not Yet Ranked
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Threats
Not Evaluated
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IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
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Relevance to Humans and Ecosystems
Benefits
Importance
fisheries: minor commercial
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Chao, L.N. 1978 Sciaenidae. In W. Fischer (ed.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. West Atlantic (Fishing Area 31). Volume 4. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 3702)
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