. Distribution and abundance of fishes and invertebrates in Gulf of Mexico estuaries / project team, David M. Nelson (editor) ... [et al.]. Fishes Mexico, Gulf Sand seatrout Cynoscion arenarius Adult. 8 cm (from Fischer 1978) Common Name: sand seatrout Scientific Name: Cynoscion arenarius Other Common Names: white trout (Benson 1982, Sutter and Mcllwain 1987); sand trout (Hoese and Moore 1977); sand weakfish, acoupa ctesab/e (French), corvinata de arena (Spanish) (Fischer 1978, NOAA 1985). Classification (Robins et al. 1991) Phylum: Chordata Class: Osteichthyes Order: Perciformes Family:
. Distribution and abundance of fishes and invertebrates in Gulf of Mexico estuaries / project team, David M. Nelson (editor) ... [et al.]. Fishes Mexico, Gulf Sand seatrout Cynoscion arenarius Adult. 8 cm (from Fischer 1978) Common Name: sand seatrout Scientific Name: Cynoscion arenarius Other Common Names: white trout (Benson 1982, Sutter and Mcllwain 1987); sand trout (Hoese and Moore 1977); sand weakfish, acoupa ctesab/e (French), corvinata de arena (Spanish) (Fischer 1978, NOAA 1985). Classification (Robins et al. 1991) Phylum: Chordata Class: Osteichthyes Order: Perciformes Family: Sciaenidae Value Commercial: The sand seatrout is one of the most abundant fishes in estuarine and nearshore waters of the Gulf of Mexico (Gunter 1945, Christmas and Waller 1973). It is one of the most important species caught in the industrial bottomfish and foodfish fisheries of the northern Gulf of Mexico (Roithmayr 1965, Sheridan et al. 1984, Sutter and Mcllwain 1987, Ditty etal. 1991), and is a major component of bycatch in shrimp trawls. It consistently ranks among the top five most abundant species in demersal fish surveys. Sand seatrout (Cynoscion arenarius) and silver seatrout {Cynoscion nothus) landings are grouped together as "white seatrout" in statistics reported by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (NMFS 1993). The two species are difficult to distinguish from one another and they overlap somewhat in distribution. The Gulf region reported landings of mt of white seatrout valued at $154,000 in 1992 (NMFS 1993). Alabama and Louisiana Gulf landings in 1992 were 265,000 pounds valued at $146,000. Based on 1992, the Louisiana and Alabama white seatrout fishery contributed almost 95% of the western and central Gulf region's white seatrout landings (Newlin 1993). The majority of these landings are believed to be attributable to silver seatrout (Shipp 1986). The bulk of the groundfish harvest comes from the deeper nearshore waters of the Gulf of
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