sand seatrout
Cynoscion arenarius Ginsburg, 1930
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Cynoscion arenarius, sand seatrout, sand weakfish or white trout, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean. It is closely related to the common weakfish (Cynoscion regalis) and may be a subspecies of C. regalis.
Wikipedia contributors, Cynoscion arenarius; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T03:33:51.771584+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Cynoscion arenarius Ginsburg, 1930
- Name authority
- Ginsburg, 1930
- Common name
- sand seatrout
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Family
- Sciaenidae
- Genus
- Cynoscion
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- familySciaenidae Cuvier, 1829
- genusCynoscion Gill, 1861
- speciesCynoscion arenarius Ginsburg, 1930
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Cynoscion. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| shortfin corvinaCynoscion parvipinnis Ayres, 1861 | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cynoscion virescens (Cuvier, 1830) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| dwarf corvinaCynoscion nannus Castro-Aguirre & Arvizu-Martinez, 1976 | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cynoscion nortoni Béarez, 2001 | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| sharpnose corvinaCynoscion phoxocephalus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| croakerCynoscion regalis (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cynoscion leiarchus (Cuvier, 1830) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cynoscion analis (Jenyns, 1842) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Jamaica weakfishCynoscion jamaicensis (Vaillant & Bocourt, 1883) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| silver seatroutCynoscion nothus (Holbrook, 1848) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cynoscion praedatorius (Jordan & Gilbert, 1889) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Ginsburg, I. (1930). Review of the weakfishes (Cynoscion) of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States, with a description of a new species. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, 45: 71–85. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:6BVLG. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.