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Definition of Northern scup
1. Noun. Found in Atlantic coastal waters of North America from South Carolina to Maine; esteemed as a panfish.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Northern Scup
Literary usage of Northern scup
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"It closely resembles the northern scup, which it replaces southward. GENUS CALAMUS
SWAINSON The Porgies This genus contains some 12 species, all American, ..."
2. American Fishes: A Popular Treatise Upon the Game and Food Fishes of North by George Brown Goode, Theodore Gill (1903)
"... The northern scup rarely passes the boundary of Cape Cod ; in 1878, however,
thirty-seven were taken at the Milk Island weir off Thatcher's Island, ..."
3. Final Report by New Jersey Geological Survey (1890)
"northern scup. Brownish, silvery below; everywhere with blue reflections; vertical
fins mottled ; young faintly barred ; body compressed ; back elevated ..."
4. Report of the Commissioner for by United States Fish Commission (1893)
"This species closely resembles the northern scup, which it. more or less replaces
southward. Our specimens are from Charleston. 95. STENOTOMUS CHRYSOPS. ..."
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