Jamaica weakfish
Cynoscion jamaicensis (Vaillant & Bocourt, 1883)
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.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Cynoscion jamaicensis (Vaillant & Bocourt, 1883)
- Name authority
- (Vaillant & Bocourt, 1883)
- Common name
- Jamaica weakfish
- 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 jamaicensis (Vaillant & Bocourt, 1883)
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 |
|---|---|---|
| sand seatroutCynoscion arenarius Ginsburg, 1930 | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| 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 |
| silver seatroutCynoscion nothus (Holbrook, 1848) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cynoscion praedatorius (Jordan & Gilbert, 1889) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Otolithus jamaicensis Vaillant & Bocourt, 1883 Vaillant & Bocourt, 1883 | synonym |
| Archoscion petranus Miranda Ribeiro, 1913 Miranda Ribeiro, 1913 | synonym |
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.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276079 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:6C7LH. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.