Snooks

Snooks
	Centropomus sp.
Systematics
	Spinefish (Acanthopterygii)
	Perch relatives (Percomorphaceae)
	Carangaria
Order :	Carangiformes
Family :	Centropomidae
Genre :	Snooks
Scientific name of the family
	Centropomidae
	Poey , 1868
Scientific name of the genus
	Centropomus
	Lacepède , 1802

The snooks ( Centropomus ) are a genus of fish from the order Carangiformes .

Occurrence

Of the 13 species of snooks, seven live in the tropical and subtropical western Atlantic from North Carolina to Porto Alegre and six more in the eastern Pacific from Baja California to Peru and the Galapagos Islands . They occur in the coastal sea and in brackish water , some species also in fresh water in river underflows.

features

Snooks are predatory fish that are 36 centimeters to 1.40 meters long and whose perch- like, elongated appearance is reminiscent of the European pikeperch . The indented (concave) forehead is striking. The lower jaw is longer than the upper jaw. The lateral line organ extends down to the deeply forked caudal fin and reaches the middle of the caudal fin end. Snooks have 24 vertebrae and seven Branchiostegal rays .

Fin formula : dorsal 1 VIII, dorsal 2 I / 8–11, anals III / 5–8, ventral I / 5.

species

Centropomus undecimalis

Centropomus armatus Gill , 1863
Centropomus ensiferus Poey , 1860
Centropomus irae Carvalho-Filho et al., 2019
Centropomus medius Günther , 1864
Centropomus mexicanus Bocourt , 1868
Centropomus nigrescens Günther , 1864
Centropomus parallelus Poey , 1860
Centropomus pectinatus Poey , 1860
Centropomus poeyi Chavez , 1961
Centropomus robalito Jordan & Gilbert , 1882
Common snook ( Centropomus undecimalis (Bloch , 1792) )
Centropomus unionensis Bocourt , 1868
Centropomus viridis Lockington , 1877

Fossil record

Cyclopoma gigas

The fossil Snook Cyclopoma gigas is from the middle Eocene of northern Italy Monte Bolca -Formation consisting of deposits of Tethys was known.

literature

Joseph S. Nelson : Fishes of the World , John Wiley & Sons, 2006, ISBN 0-471-25031-7 .

Individual evidence

^ Karl Albert Frickhinger: Fossil Atlas Fish , Mergus-Verlag, Melle, 1999, ISBN 3-88244-018-X

Web links

Commons : Snooks (Centropomidae) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Snooks on Fishbase.org (English)

[1] Karl Albert Frickhinger: Fossil Atlas Fish , Mergus-Verlag, Melle, 1999, ISBN 3-88244-018-X