[bigshrimpin]

I dunno . . . that's what some people call'em around cape cod (but there not so common around there). Looks like people called them chickwit too.
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Weakfish - definition from gcide
squeteague \sque*teague"\ (skw[-e]*t[=e]g"), n. [From the North American Indian name.] (Zool.)
An American sciaenoid fish (Cynoscion regalis), abundant on
the Atlantic coast of the United States, and much valued as a
food fish. It is of a bright silvery color, with iridescent
reflections. Called also weakfish, squitee, chickwit,
and sea trout. The spotted squeteague (Cynoscion nebulosus
) of the Southern United States is a similar fish,
but the back and upper fins are spotted with black. It is
called also spotted weakfish and squit, and, locally,
sea trout, and sea salmon. See also under squitee.
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Weakfish \Weak"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
Any fish of the genus Cynoscion; a squeteague; -- so called
from its tender mouth. See Squeteague.
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Spotted weakfish (Zool.), the spotted squeteague.
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