10 from Argentina (319.3-409.5 mm SL), FAKU 42981, 43198, 43440; AP 659, 663, 664, 666, 668, 669, 671.
Description:
D [-]-T, 19-21; A T, 8-9; P1 16-18; P2 T, 5; GR 6-8+1+14-16=21-25; BR 7; LLS 49-52.
HL 29.4-31.3% of SL; ED 4.4-5.0; BD 23.6-26.8; SN 6.6-7.5; IO 5.7-6.0; UJ 12.6-13.4; CP 8.0-9.4; P1L 16.1-18.7; P2L 13.3-15.1; D1H 11.0-12.3; D2H 9.9-10.5; AH 8.7-11.1.
Body elongate, compressed, body depth 3.8-4.2 times in SL. Head small, 3.2-3.4 times in SL. Mouth slightly protractile, large; posterior margin of upper jaw slightly posterior to posterior margin of pupil. Lower jaw projecting anterior to upper jaw. Small rewarded caniniform teeth in bands anteriorly and uniserial posteriorly on both jaws. A pair of large caniniform teeth on anterior part of upper jaw. No teeth on vomer or palatines. Nostrils situated closely each other and nearer to anterior margin of eye than tip of jaw; anterior nostril circular and posterior nostril crescent. No barbels on chin. Gill-rakers long and slender with many inner spines. Pseudobranchiae developed. Interorbital region flat and narrow, its width slightly larger than eye diameter. Pectoral fin short, nearly equal to postorbital length. Pelvic fin situated just behind posterior insertion of pectoral fin. Approximal half of second dorsal fin membrane covered with small scales. Almost entire anal fin membrane covered with small scales. Caudal fin shallowly emarginate. Lateral line gently curved anteriorly and fairly straight posteriorly, running from posttemporal region to tip of caudal fin. Large cycloid scales on body; head covered with smaller cycloid scales except both jaws.
Distribution:
Southern Brazil to central Argentina.
Remarks:
There are 12 species of Cynoscion (striatus, acoupa, arenarius, jamaicensis, leiarchus, microlepidotus, nebulosus, nothus, regalis, similis, steindachneri, and virescens) in the western Atlantic (Chao, 1978).