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Definition of Stenotomus
1. Noun. Scups.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Family Sparidae, Sparidae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stenotomus
Literary usage of Stenotomus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bass, Pike, Perch and Others by James Alexander Henshall (1903)
"THE SCUP (stenotomus chrysops) Another fish of the ... A kindred species, the
fair maid (stenotomus aculeatus), is common from Cape Hatteras south- ..."
2. Bass, Pike, Perch and Other Game Fishes of America by James Alexander Henshall (1919)
"THE SCUP (stenotomus chrysops). ... stenotomus aculeatus), is common from Cape
Hatteras south- ... stenotomus ..."
3. Bass, Pike, Perch and Others by James Alexander Henshall (1903)
"A kindred species, the fair maid (stenotomus aculeatus), is common from Cape
Hatteras south- ... stenotomus ..."
4. 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 ..."
5. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1904)
"It is especially liked in Southern markets, where it is called porgy, as also is
a Southern congener (stenotomus aculeatus). Compare PORGY. ..."
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