Definition of Stenotomus chrysops

1. Noun. Found in Atlantic coastal waters of North America from South Carolina to Maine; esteemed as a panfish.

Exact synonyms: Northern Porgy, Northern Scup, Scup
Generic synonyms: Porgy
Terms within: Scup

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stenotomus Chrysops

Stendhalian
Stengel
Stennian
Stenocarpus
Stenocarpus salignus
Stenocarpus sinuatus
Stenochlaena
Stenopelmatidae
Stenopelmatus
Stenopelmatus fuscus
Stenopterygius quadrisicissus
Stenotaphrum
Stenotaphrum secundatum
Stenotomus
Stenotomus aculeatus
Stenotomus chrysops
Stenotus
Stenotus acaulis
Stentoronic
Stepanakert
Stepford
Steph
Stephane Grappelli
Stephane Mallarme
Stephanie
Stephanie Graf
Stephanies
Stephanomeria
Stephanomeria malheurensis
Stephanotis floribunda

Literary usage of Stenotomus chrysops

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bass, Pike, Perch and Other Game Fishes of America by James Alexander Henshall (1919)
"... have no difficulty in securing bait, for the fiddlers are to be found in myriads convenient to good fishing grounds. THE SCUP (stenotomus chrysops). ..."

2. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"... stenotomus chrysops (Linnaeus) This fish is found on our Atlantic coast from the Carolinas to Cape Cod, being especially abundant northward. ..."

3. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"stenotomus chrysops. This scup is found coastwise from Massachusetts to South Carolina and is an abundant and important food fish in the northern part of ..."

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