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Centropomus poeyi

(Mexican Snook)

Overview

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Family : Snooks ; Inhabits coastal waters , estuaries and lagoons , penetrating into freshwater . Spawning occurs in fresh or low brackish water. Feeds on fish and crustaceans.

Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Mexican Snook, Robalo Prieto

Common Names in French:

Crossie Mexicaine

Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:

波氏鋸蓋魚, 波氏鋸蓋魚, 波氏锯盖鱼

Common Names in Spanish:

Machin, Robalo Prieto

Description

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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

Physical Description

Species Centropomus poeyi

Males are commonly 45 cm (Total Length) in length when caught/marketed, but may be as large as 90 cm (Total Length).

Habitat

Biome: Fresh water , brackish water, saltwater . Demersal .

Taxonomy

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Unambiguous Synonyms

  1. Centropomus poeyi Ch ávez, 1961

Notes

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

Similar Species

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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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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:

Identifiers

Last Revised: 7/2/2009