Silver Sea Trout, Northern King Whiting 377 



2Va feet long weighed almost 8Vi pounds. 

 General Information: This species is not as numerous as 

 the weakfish. It feeds on fish and crustaceans. 

 Economic Importance: A good food fish, caught in com- 

 mercial quantities from Virginia south to Florida on both 

 the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is an excellent game fish. 



Silver or White Sea Trout 

 Cynoscion nothus (Holbrook) 



The White Sea Trout is most abundant in the Gulf of 

 Mexico but is found occasionally as far north as Virginia 

 and Maryland. 



Northern King Whiting or Kingfish 

 Menticirrhus saxatilis (Bloch and Schneider) 



Color: Dusky above with a metallic silver glitter; silvery 

 below; sides with brown-black oblique bars running toward 

 the rear and upward except for two oblique bars near the 

 head which run obliquely forward and upward. The second 

 of these anterior bars forms a V with the first of the body 

 bars. 



Distribution: Occurs from Florida to Cape Cod and as a 

 stray to Maine. It is most common from Chesapeake Bay 

 to New York. 



