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Menticirrhus saxatilis

 * ... that the northern kingcroaker (pictured) is a fish that is unable to croak?
 * Reviewed: Burton Court

Created/expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self nom at 06:40, 8 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Symbol question.svg New enough, long enough, and adequately sourced. I did not see evidence of borrowed words, but the locution "deepest about one third of the way along" (describing the body of the fish) leads me to think that that the author got carried away in trying to reword the information from sources. (What is that supposed to mean???) Also, the quotation in the "Uses" section (A well-known angler stated, "No fish that swims the sea makes a better dish. Certainly no bottom living fish plays such a game for the angler's real delight.") seems nonencyclopedic and thus inappropriate -- state that it is considered to be an excellent food fish (for example, you could cite this source, in addition to the "Maine" source). The hook fact was not explicitly supported by the source, although the source clearly supported it. I found a second source and cited it, so I believe it is supported now. The image license is OK. This will be good to go once the issues with the article wording are fixed. --Orlady (talk) 23:02, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I was unaware that this nomination had a problem or I would have responded sooner. I have reworded the offending sentence and made use of the source suggested by Orlady in the "Uses" section so as to remove the unwanted quotation. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:25, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg All is good. My apologies for not notifying you of the review, Cwmhiraeth -- these days I assume that everybody watchlists their DYK noms. --Orlady (talk) 14:56, 20 March 2012 (UTC)