squeteague U.S.
(skwɛˈtiːg)
[Narragansett Indian.]
The weak-fish or sea-salmon, Cynoscion regalis († Otolithus regalis, † Labrus Squeteague), of the eastern United States. spotted squeteague (see quot. 1884).
| 1838 in D. H. Storer Rep. Fishes Mass. (1839) 33 The squeteague, or weak fish, have disappeared since the return of the blue fish, who are their avowed enemy. 1848 Bartlett Dict. Amer. 328 Squeteague, or Squetee,..a very common fish in the waters of Long Island Sound and adjacent bays. 1871 in Good Amer. Fishes (1888) 113 Scup have disappeared from Narragansett Bay, but Squeteague have taken their place. 1884 Goode Nat. Hist. Aquatic Anim. 365 The Spotted Squeteague, Cynoscion maculatum. This fish is..in every respect very unlike a trout, and the name ‘Spotted Squeteague’ has been proposed for it. |