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1 (Cynoscion nebulosus)
Spotted Sea Trout (Cynoscion nebulosus)

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3 Cynoscion nebulosus

4 Diet Spotted Sea Trout’s diet usually consists of pinfish, ocean perch, shinner, mullet, small crustaceans, and shrimp thus making it a carnivore. Occasionally they will even eat other smaller seatrout.

5 Growth Rates Female Spotted Sea Trout grow mush faster, reach larger sizes, and live longer then the males. Most males do not live longer than 5 years. On the other hand, females tend to live for many years more.

6 Spotted Seatrout Growth Rates
Age(years) Males(in) Females(in) Table provided by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

7 Habitat SEATROUT LIVE IN ESTUARIES. ESTUARIES ARE TRANSITINOAL ENVIRONMENTS BETWEEN FRESH WATER AND SALT WATER. SEATROUT RANGE FROM N.Y. TO FLA.

8 HOW IT LIVES Sea trout are predators and also carnivores
Spotted sea trout spawn during the warmer months of April September

9 HOW SEA TROUT REPORDUCE
MALES BEGIN TO SPAWN WHEN THEY ARE ABOUT 10 IN. AND THE FEMALES BEGIN WHEN THEY ARE ABOUT 12 INCH 12 IN. TROUTS WILL CONTAIN 300,000 EGGS AND 25 INCH 1,100,000 EGGS

10 Bibliography Atlantic Coast Fishes written by:Robins,Ray,Douglass
Britanbica page 538, W-Z


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