"weakfish" meaning in English

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          "text": "Weakfishes have no adipose fin, such as fresh-water trouts possess:[…].",
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          "text": "The weakfish is referred to as a gray trout from Maryland south, mainly to separate it from the spotted seatrout (p. 36), which is found in the southern portion of the weakfish’s range. Weakfish (Cynoscion regalis) look very much like a freshwater trout, although they exhibit few characteristics of this species.",
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