Cynoscion jamaicensis

Author
Vaillant & Bocourt, 1883
Common Names
  • Jamaican Weakfish
  • Jamaica Weakfish
  • Mongolar Drummer
  • Salmon
  • Silver Salmon

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
60 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Panama to Brazil, Antilles
Habitat-Biology
  • demersal
  • beach and shoreline
  • soft substrate (muds, sands, clays)
References

  • Chao, L. N. 1978. A basis for classifying western Atlantic Sciaenidae (Teleostei: Perciformes). NOAA Technical Report, U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service Circular 415: 1–64.

  • Chao. L. N. 2002. Sciaenidae. Pp. 1583–1653 in K. E. Carpenter, ed. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Vol. 3. Bony fishes part 2 (Opistognathidae to Molidae). FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5. FAO, Rome.

  • McEachran, J. D., and J. D. Fechhelm. 2005. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Volume 2: Scorpaeniformes to Tetraodontiformes. University of Texas Press, Austin, TX. 1004 pp.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-11-2024.

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