What is "cynoscion nobilis"

Sea trout \Sea" trout`\ (Zo["o]l.)

1. Any one of several species of true trouts which descend rivers and enter the sea after spawning, as the European bull trout and salmon trout, and the eastern American spotted trout.

2. The common squeteague, and the spotted squeteague.

3. A California fish of the family Chirid[ae], especially Hexagrammus decagrammus; -- called also spotted rock trout. See Rock trout, under Rock.

4. A California sci[ae]noid fish ( Cynoscion nobilis); -- called also white sea bass.