Bermuda Chuh, Gray Sea Trout 375 



Distribution: Occurs from Massachusetts to Texas but is 

 most common from Virginia southward. 

 Size: Reaches a length of about 13 inches. 

 General Information: The Pinfish spawns in late autumn 

 and winter. It feeds on fish, shellfish, worms, crustaceans, 

 and seaweed. 



Economic Importance: A good food fish of some impor- 

 tance in the commercial fisheries of Florida. 



Bermuda Chub 

 Kyphosus sectatrix (Linnaeus) 



The Bermuda Chub is a tropical species common about 

 Bermuda and the Florida Keys. It is found from Panama 

 to Cape Cod but occurs only rarely, and usually as smaller- 

 sized young, from North Carolina northward. It reaches a 

 length of about V/i feet. 



Gray Sea Trout, Weakfish 

 Cynoscion regalis (Bloch and Schneider) 



Color: Greenish above; silvery below. Back and sides with 

 a metallic glitter of blue, green, purple, and gold. Upper 

 sides have oblique, wavy lines composed of blotches of 

 black, bronze, and dark green. 



Distribution: Found from the east coast of Florida to 

 Massachusetts and straying northward to the Bay of Fundy. 



