| Description: color
silvery with yellowish fins; no spots; no chin barbels;
no prominent canine teeth at tip of upper jaw; preopercle
finely serrated; 5 to 6 chin pores; mouth terminal. Similar Fish: sand seatrout,
Cynoscion arenarius (the seatrouts usually have 1
or 2 prominent canine teeth at tip of upper jaw and do
not have chin pores).
Where found:
INSHORE in seagrass beds, tidal creeks and rivers, and
marshes.
Size: small, not
exceeding 9 inches.
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