Cynoscion regalis

BéarlaBody greenish grey above and silvery below, back with small spots forming undulating dotted lines. Pelvic fins and anal fin yellowish other fins pale, sometimes with a yellowish tinge. Inside of opercle dark, visible externally. Mouth large, oblique, lower jaw projecting. Upper jaw with a pair of large canine-like teeth at tip. Chin without barbels or pores. Snout with only 1 marginal pore. Gas bladder with a pair of nearly straight, horn-like appendages. Soft portion of dorsal fin covered with small scales up to 1/2 of fin height (Ref 51721).

• Labrus squeteague Mitchill, 1815
• Roccus comes Mitchill, 1814
• Johnius regalis Bloch & Schneider, 1801
• Otolithus obliquatus Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1879
• Cestreus carolinensis Gronow, 1854