Delaware State Fish

Weakfish Cynoscion regalis Adopted: ADOPTDATE

Delaware State Fish: Weakfish
Courtesy: Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission

Delaware Law

The following information was excerpted from the Delaware Code, Title 29, Part 1, Chapter 3.

TITLE 29 - State Government.
PART 1 - General Provisions.
CHAPTER 3. STATE SEAL, SONG, AND SYMBOLS.

§ 311. State fish.

The weakfish (Cynoscion genus) is the official fish of the State. (63 Del. Laws, c. 90, § 1.)

Sources...

Delaware Code. Delaware General Assembly. 2009. 20 February 2009
Shearer, Benjamin F. and Barbara S. State Names, Seals, Flags and Symbols: A Historical Guide Third Edition, Revised and Expanded. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 3 Sub edition, 2001.

Additional Information

Sea Trout Cynoscion regalis: Marine and earth studies at the University of Delaware.

Weakfish tagging project 2006: Delaware Division of Fish & Wildlife.

Cynoscion regalis: University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web.

Cynoscion regalis (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) : Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Here you will find authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.

Species Profile: Weakfish: 1989 biological report from the Coastal Ecology Group Waterways Experiment Station.

State Fish: Complete list of official state Fish.

More symbols & emblems: Complete list of official Delaware state symbols.

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