spotted sea trout

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Also known as: Cynoscion nebulosus

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The spotted sea trout, also known as sea trout, speckled trout, or spotted weakfish, is a valuable food and sport fish found along the southern Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the U.S. It is a type of weakfish. The term "speckled trout" can also refer to the brook trout.12

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The spotted sea trout (C. nebulosus), found along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of Florida, is slightly smaller than the weakfish. Although the sea trouts are similar to the true trouts (order Salmoniformes) in appearance, the two groups are not related.
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The spotted sea trout (C. nebulosus), found along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of Florida, is slightly smaller than the weakfish. Although the sea trouts are similar to the true trouts (order Salmoniformes) in appearance, the two groups are not related.
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