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Spotted Sea Trout

Spotted Sea Trout. (Cynoscion nebulosus). Cynoscion nebulosus. 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. . Growth Rates.

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Spotted Sea Trout

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  1. Spotted Sea Trout (Cynoscion nebulosus)

  2. Cynoscion nebulosus

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. Spotted Seatrout Growth Rates • Age(years) Males(in) Females(in) • 1 5 5 • 2 8 9 • 3 10 12 • 4 12 14 • 5 14 16 • 6 15 18 • 7 16 21 • Table provided by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

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

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

  8. 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

  9. Bibliography • Atlantic Coast Fishes written by:Robins,Ray,Douglass • http://ntri.tamuk.edu/class/kscmb01/spotted.html • Britanbica page 538, W-Z

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