Centropomus armatus

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Overview

Family : Snooks ;

Common Names

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Description

Family Centropomidae

Distribution: Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific. Marine (often brackish ); some in freshwater . Lateral line extends onto caudal peduncle, reaching posterior margin of fin (except in one species); some species with 3 rows on the tail. Pelvic axis usually with scaly process . Dorsal fin bipartite (either deeply notched or with a distinct gap ); with 7 or 8 spines on the first part; 1 spine and 8-11 soft rays on the second. Anal fin 3 spines; 6- 9 soft rays. Pelvic fin 1 spine, 5 soft rays. Caudal fin rounded , truncate or forked . Branchiostegal 7 rays. Perch-like fishes with concave snout profiles . Maximum length about 2 m. Important food fishes.The family Centropomidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) and the Order Perciformes. It contains 3 genera and 22 species. It may be found in Marine, Brackish, and Freshwater environments and is primarily Marine. Members of this family are not used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are nonguarders. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is subcarangiform. Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be normal. Members of this family have been dated back to the Cretaceous period. This family may be found from 35° n to 30° s and 115° w to 153° e. Etymology of this family name : Greek, kentron = thorn, sting + Greek, pomas, -atos = cover

Habitat

Typically found in water with a depth of -1,719 to 0 meters (-5,640 to 0 feet).[1]

Biome: Brackish water, saltwater . Demersal .

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 08-Aug-1994

Similar Species

Members of the genus Centropomus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 46 species and subspecies in this genus:

C. affinis · C. albus · C. altus · C. ambassis · C. appendiculatus · C. arabicus · C. argenteus · C. armatus (Longspine Snook) · C. atratius · C. atridorsalis · Apogon fleurieu · C. brevis · C. constantinus · C. cuvieri · C. ensiferus (Robalo De Espolón) · C. fasciatus · C. gabbi · C. grandoculatus · C. heringi · C. hober · C. lupus · C. luteus · C. macrodon · C. medius (Pacific Blackfin) · C. mexicanus (Largescale Fat Snook) · C. mullus · C. nigrescens (Robalo Prieto) · C. nigricans · C. niloticus · C. parallelus (Smallscale Fat Snook) · C. pectinatus (Robalito De Las Aletas Prietas) · C. pedimacula · C. phulchanda · C. poeyi (Mexican Snook) · C. robalito (Yellowfin Seabream) · C. rubens · C. ruber · C. rupestris · C. sandat · C. scaber · C. sexlineatus · C. undecimalis (Seargent Fish) · C. undecimradiatus · C. unidecimalis · C. unionensis (Humpback Snook) · C. viridis (White Snapper)

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Further Reading

• Allan Hancock Pacific expeditions. [Reports] Los Angeles, University of Southern California Press. ENG url p. 21, p. 240.
• Annals of the Carnegie Museum. [Pittsburgh]: Published by authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, 1901- ENG url p. 551, p. 64.
• Annual report of the Commissioner of Fisheries to the Secretary of Commerce for the fiscal year ended Washington: G.P.O., 1914- ENG url p. 306.
• Bearez, P. (1996). Lista de los peces marinos del Ecuador continental. Rev. Biol. Trop. 44(2):731-741.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 1123.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) ENG url p. 62, p. 64.
• Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. Washington, The Commission, Govt. Print. Off. ENG url p. 110, p. 453.
• Bussing, W.A. (1995). Centropomidae. Róbalos. p. 987-995. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Ro
• Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of tropical and south temperate America / by C.H. Eigenmann. Bloomington: Indiana University, 1910. ENG url p. 466.
• Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: The Academy, 1888- ENG url p. 212, p. 252, p. 92, p. 94.
• Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum. Pittsburgh: Published by the authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, 1901-1936. ENG url p. 482.
• Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. [Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia] ENG url p. 163.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] ENG url p. 378, p. 381, p. 625.
• Report of the Commissioner - United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Washington, The Commission; U.S. Govt. Print. Off. ENG url p. 369.
• Robertson, D.R. and G.R. Allen. 2002. Shorefishes of the Tropical Eastern Pacific: an Information System. CD-ROM. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama.
• Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott (1991). World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p.
• Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. ENG url p. 462, p. 633.
• The freshwater fishes of British Guiana, including a study of the ecological grouping of species and the relation of the fauna of the plateau to that of the lowlands / by C.H. Eigenmann. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Institute, 1912. ENG url p. 482, p. 482.

Notes

Contributors

• Amaoka, Kunio (from FishBase).
• American Fisheries Society. Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United states, Canada, and Mexico Sixth Edition. Special Publication 29.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 7, 2006.
• FishBase 2006.
• Froese, R., and D. Pauly. FishBase 2004. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 6 providers.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:

• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• GBIF-Sweden: Fishes (NRM)
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
• Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNPE/Coleccion Nacional de Peces

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2489459
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-34247
• Fishbase Species ID: 10975
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 645615
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 106114

Footnotes

1. Mean = 637.620 meters (2,091.929 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,352.430 based on 13 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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