Cynoscion nebulosus

Spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus whole South 0.03-2.9 FW (0.0-19.0) FW 55... 

Endrin has been detected in several marine fish species in regional or state monitoring studies. From 1990 to 1993, endrin was found in 40 of 47 whole or fillet samples of red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) at 2 of 4 sites along the South Carolina coast, at mean concentrations of 5.61 8.94 and 0.65 3.67 ppb wet weight (Mathews 1994). In this same study, endrin was found in 33 of 74 flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma) samples, and in 19 of 58 seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus) samples at only one coastal site, at mean concentrations of 0.14 0.81 and 2.68 11.13 ppb, respectively. Endrin was detected in all of 10 liver tissue samples from cod (Gadus morhua) in the Northwest Atlantic at a mean concentration of 9 ppb (range, 5-19 ppb), but not in muscle or ovary samples (Hellou et al. 1993). 

Baer, K.N. and P. Thomas. Isolation of novel metal-binding proteins distinct from metallothionein from spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus) and Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) ovaries. Mar. Biol. 108 31-37, 1991. 

It is noteworthy that muscle from two species of recreationally inportant fish spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus, red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus) collected from coastal bays in Texas considered minimally impacted by mercury exceeded the current recommended value in the U.S. of 0.3 mg total Hg/kg FW muscle. And walleye (Stizostedium vitreum vitreum) collected from Clay Lake, Ontario - a water body heavily contaminated by mercury wastes from a chloralkali plant between 1962 when discharges began and 1970 when the plant closed - contained 2.7 mg... 

Spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus, 431 Steelhead, Oncorhynchus mykiss, 202,356 Tucunare/speckled pavon, Cichla temensis, 479 Tuna, bluefin, Thunnus thynnus, 2 Turbot, Scopthalmus spp., 715,873... 

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