Acoupa weakfish
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| Cynoscion acoupa (Lacepède, 1801) |
The acoupa weakfish, Cynoscion acoupa, is a croaker of the family Sciaenidae, found in the western Atlantic from Panama to Argentina, at depths down to 20 m. Its length is up to 1.1 m.
The acoupa weakfish forms schools. It is found over mud or sandy mud bottoms near mouths of rivers. Juveniles are restricted to brackish and fresh waters. It feeds on shrimps and fishes, and is an important food fish.
Coloration is nearly uniform silvery, dark greenish above, without conspicuous spots on the sides but with diffuse dark areas along the base of the dorsal fin and on the margin of the spinous dorsal fin, ventral side of head, lower margin of pectoral, pelvic, and caudal fins often yellowish orange. Inside of opercle dusky.
[edit] References
- "Cynoscion acoupa". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. June 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
