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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Scup, n.  Zool. A marine sparoid food fish (Stenotomus chrysops, or Stenotomus argyrops), common on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It appears bright silvery when swimming in the daytime, but shows broad blackish transverse bands at night and when dead. Called also porgee, paugy, porgy, scuppaug.
 Note: ☞ The same names are also applied to a closely allied Southern species (Stenotomus Gardeni).
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Stenotomus chrysops
      n : found in Atlantic coastal waters of North America from South
          Carolina to Maine; esteemed as a panfish [syn: scup, northern
           porgy, northern scup]