hogchoker
trinectes maculatus latin

Small blocks of text, with intriguing information on creatures like the hogchoker, are set at a lower height for children.

As the exhibit notes: "The hogchoker is a flatfish with very rough scales.

Pigs swallow their food without chewing, and the hogchoker gained a reputation for getting stuck in their throats.

The Hogchoker (Trinectes maculatus) is a small flatfish found along the coast of parts of North America.

Other species seen in the kill were gizzard shad, mummichog, white and channel catfish, young American eel, hogchoker, largemouth bass and blue crabs.

Early reports of dead fish on June 18, enumerating species involved, estimated hundreds of hogchoker at Muses Beach and hundreds of gizzard shad at Stratford Hall.

While there are some species of full freshwater Flatfish from Southeast Asia and South America, the Hogchoker is thought to be a species of coastal estuaries and mud flats.

The Hogchoker (Trinectes maculatus) is a small flatfish found along the coast of parts of North America.