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Hogchoker

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Hog´chok`er
n.1.(Zool.) An American sole (Achirus lineatus syn. Achirus achirus), related to the European sole, but of no market value.
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Noun1.Hogchoker - useless as foodhogchoker - useless as food; in coastal streams from Maine to Texas and Panama
sole - right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European
genus Trinectes, Trinectes - a genus of Soleidae


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Sample collection began in February of 2005, and fish collected included: gulf menhaden (Brevortia patronus), hardhead catfish (Arius felis), hogchoker (Trinectes maculates), spot (Leiostomus xanthurus), and the least puffer (Sphoeroides parvus).
Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus), hogchoker (Trinectus maculatus), and fish and crab remains constituted the top food items volumetrically after portunid crabs.
 
 
 
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