What's the difference between squeteague and weakfish?
Squeteague
Definition:
(n.) An American sciaenoid fish (Cynoscion regalis), abundant on the Atlantic coast of the United States, and much valued as a food fish. It is of a bright silvery color, with iridescent reflections. Called also weakfish, squitee, chickwit, and sea trout. The spotted squeteague (C. nebulosus) of the Southern United States is a similar fish, but the back and upper fins are spotted with black. It is called also spotted weakfish, and, locally, sea trout, and sea salmon.
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Weakfish
Definition:
(n.) Any fish of the genus Cynoscion; a squeteague; -- so called from its tender mouth. See Squeteague.
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(1) Weakfish (Cynoscion regalis) from the same polluted area shared with summer flounder raised titers to many bacteria.
(2) By following the modified procedure, the bile of spot (Leiostomus xanthurus), Atlantic croaker (Micropogonius undulatus), weakfish (Cynoscion regalis), hogchoker (Trinectes maculatus) and oyster toadfish (Opsanus tau) from the PAH-polluted Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River, Virginia gave rise to large numbers of reasonably well resolved PAH metabolite peaks compared to the control Nansemond River fish.