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Cynoscion
Encyclopedia
Cynoscion is a genus of fish in the drum family, Sciaenidae
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Sciaenidae
Sciaenidae is a family of fish commonly called drums, croakers, or hardheads for the repetitive throbbing or drumming sounds they make...
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Species
The genus consists of 24 species:- Cynoscion acoupa (Lacepède, 1801)
- Cynoscion albus (Günther, 1864)
- Cynoscion analis (Jenyns, 1842)
- Cynoscion arenarius Ginsburg, 1930
- Cynoscion jamaicensis (Vaillant and Bocourt, 1883)
- Cynoscion leiarchus (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830)
- Cynoscion microlepidotus (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830)
- Cynoscion nannus Castro-Aguirre and Arvizu-Martinez, 1976
- Cynoscion nebulosus (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830)
- Cynoscion nortoni Béarez, 2001
- Cynoscion nothus (Holbrook, 1848)
- Cynoscion othonopterus Jordan and Gilbert, 1882
- Cynoscion parvipinnis Ayres, 1861
- Cynoscion phoxocephalus Jordan and Gilbert, 1882
- Cynoscion praedatorius (Jordan and Gilbert in Jordan and Eigenmann, 1889)
- Cynoscion regalis (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)
- Cynoscion reticulatus (Günther, 1864)
- Cynoscion similis Randall and Cervigón, 1968
- Cynoscion squamipinnis (Günther, 1867) -- corvina aguada, scalyfin corvina
- Cynoscion steindachneri (Jordan in Jordan and Eigenmann, 1889)
- Cynoscion stolzmanni (Steindachner, 1879) -- corvina coliamarilla, yellowtail corvina
- Cynoscion striatus (Cuvier, 1829)
- Cynoscion virescens (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1830)
- Cynoscion xanthulus