cynoscion nobilis

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cynoscion nobilis - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sea trout \Sea" trout`\ (Zool.)
     (a) Any one of several species of true trouts which descend
         rivers and enter the sea after spawning, as the European
         bull trout and salmon trout, and the eastern American
         spotted trout.
     (b) The common squeteague, and the spotted squeteague.
     (c) A California fish of the family Chiridae, especially
         Hexagrammus decagrammus; -- called also spotted rock   trout
         . See Rock trout, under Rock.
     (d) A California sciaenoid fish (Cynoscion nobilis); --
         called also white sea bass.
         [1913 Webster]