WoRMS taxon details
Cynoscion regalis (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
159313 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159313)
accepted
Species
Cestreus carolinensis Gronow, 1854 · unaccepted
Cynoscion regalis regalis (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) · unaccepted (senior synonym)
Johnius regalis Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · unaccepted
Labrus squeteague Mitchill, 1815 · unaccepted
Otolithus obliquatus Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1879 · unaccepted
Otolithus thalassinus Holbrook, 1855 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Roccus comes Mitchill, 1814 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Cynoscion regalis regalis (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) accepted as Cynoscion regalis (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (senior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Johnius regalis Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 75 [details]
page(s): 75 [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada to northern Florida, USA
Distribution Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada to northern Florida, USA [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Cynoscion regalis (Bloch & Schneider, 1801). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159313 on 2025-05-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Roccus comes Mitchill, 1814) Mitchill, S. L. (1814). Arrangement and description of the codfishes of New-York: addressed to the editors. <em>In: Hosack, D. & J. W. Francis (eds.): The American medical and philosophical register; or, annals of medicine, natural history, agriculture, and the arts. [2nd edition.] C. S. van Winkle, New York: i-xv + 1-675. The Amerian medical and philosophical register of annals of medicine, natural history, agriculture, and the arts v. 4: 618-627.</em> Pp. 618-627.
page(s): 25 [details]
original description (of Johnius regalis Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 75 [details]
original description (of Labrus squeteague Mitchill, 1815) Mitchill, S. L. (1815). The fishes of New-York, described and arranged. <em>Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York.</em> v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814): 355-492, Pls. 1-6.
page(s): 396, Pl. 2 (fig. 6) [details]
original description (of Otolithus obliquatus Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1879) Sauvage, H.-E. (1879). Description de quelques poissons d'espèces nouvelles de la collection du Muséum d'histoire naturelle. <em>Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série).</em> v. 3: 204-209.
page(s): 209 [details]
original description (of Otolithus thalassinus Holbrook, 1855) Holbrook, J. E. (1855). Ichthyology of South Carolina. Charleston. <em>Ichthyology of South Carolina.</em> : 1-182, 27 pls. [details]
basis of record Collette, B. B., ; Klein-MacPhee, G. (2002). Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. <em>Smithsonian Institution Press.</em> 1-748. [details]
page(s): 25 [details]
original description (of Johnius regalis Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 75 [details]
original description (of Labrus squeteague Mitchill, 1815) Mitchill, S. L. (1815). The fishes of New-York, described and arranged. <em>Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York.</em> v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814): 355-492, Pls. 1-6.
page(s): 396, Pl. 2 (fig. 6) [details]
original description (of Otolithus obliquatus Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1879) Sauvage, H.-E. (1879). Description de quelques poissons d'espèces nouvelles de la collection du Muséum d'histoire naturelle. <em>Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série).</em> v. 3: 204-209.
page(s): 209 [details]
original description (of Otolithus thalassinus Holbrook, 1855) Holbrook, J. E. (1855). Ichthyology of South Carolina. Charleston. <em>Ichthyology of South Carolina.</em> : 1-182, 27 pls. [details]
basis of record Collette, B. B., ; Klein-MacPhee, G. (2002). Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. <em>Smithsonian Institution Press.</em> 1-748. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional 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. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional 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. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal Portuguese part of the North Atlantic Ocean (Marine Region) Ships: accidental with ballast water, sea water systems, live wells or other deck basins [details]Unreviewed
Diet Feeds mainly on crustaceans and fishes [details]Distribution Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada to northern Florida, USA [details]
Habitat Occurs usually in shallow coastal waters over sand and sandy mud bottoms. [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Importance Social- Commercial, fishery, gamefish and aquarium fish [details]
Reproduction During summer the fish move to their nursery and feeding grounds in river estuaries [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | weakfishsqueteaguedrumcroaker | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (25 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Cestreus carolinensis Gronow, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Otolithus obliquatus Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1879)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (261 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) (from synonym Johnius regalis Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications) (from synonym Labrus squeteague Mitchill, 1815)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cynoscion regalis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus squeteague Mitchill, 1815)
To FishBase (from synonym Roccus comes Mitchill, 1814)
To FishBase (from synonym Johnius regalis Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Cestreus carolinensis Gronow, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Otolithus obliquatus Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1879)
To FishBase images (Cynoscion regalis, by Flescher, D.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (79 nucleotides; 75 proteins)
To GenBank (79 nucleotides; 75 proteins) (from synonym Johnius regalis Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Cestreus carolinensis Gronow, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Otolithus obliquatus Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1879)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (261 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) (from synonym Johnius regalis Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications) (from synonym Labrus squeteague Mitchill, 1815)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cynoscion regalis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus squeteague Mitchill, 1815)
To FishBase (from synonym Roccus comes Mitchill, 1814)
To FishBase (from synonym Johnius regalis Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Cestreus carolinensis Gronow, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Otolithus obliquatus Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1879)
To FishBase images (Cynoscion regalis, by Flescher, D.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (79 nucleotides; 75 proteins)
To GenBank (79 nucleotides; 75 proteins) (from synonym Johnius regalis Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To ITIS
