Overview
Family : Snooks ; Mainly in estuaries but also enters freshwater to an elevation of 50 m. Mainly eats fish, crustaceans and mollusks[1].
Common Names
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Common Names in Danish:
Gulfinnet Snook
Common Names in English:
Constantino, Little Snook, Snook, Yellowfin Seabream, Yellowfin Snook
Common Names in French:
Crossie Aîle Jaune, Crossie Aile Jaune
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
羅巴鋸蓋魚, 罗巴锯盖鱼, 羅巴鋸蓋éš
Common Names in Spanish:
Conguito Blanco, Constantino, Róbalo, Róbalo Aleta Amarilla, Róbalo Aliamarillo, Róbalo De Aleta Amarilla, Robalito, Robalito De Aleta Dorada, Róbalo, Róbalo Aleta Amarilla, Róbalo Aliamarillo, Róbalo De Aleta Amarilla
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 -56 to 0 meters (-184 to 0 feet).[2]
Biome: Brackish water, saltwater . Pelagic.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Bony Fishes
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Bony Fishes
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Ray-Finned Fishes
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Perciformes
()
-
- Suborder:
Percoidei
()
-
- Family:
Centropomidae
()
- Snooks
- Subfamily:
Centropominae
()
- Genus:
Centropomus
()
- Lockington, 1877
- Specific name:
robalito
- Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
- Scientific name: - Centropomus robalito Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
- Specific name:
robalito
- Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
- Genus:
Centropomus
(
- Subfamily:
Centropominae
(
- Family:
Centropomidae
(
- Suborder:
Percoidei
(
- Order:
Perciformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name .
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
- A catalogue of the fishes known to inhabit the waters of North America, north of th Tropic of Cancer, with notes on the species discovered in 1883 and 1884, by David Starr Jordan. Washington, Govt. print. off., 1885. ENG url p. 82.
- An annotated list of fishes known to occur in the fresh waters of Costa Rica. Chicago, 1914. ENG url p. 120.
- 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. 68, p. 7.
- Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. Washington, The Commission, Govt. Print. Off. ENG url p. 106, p. 110.
- 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
- Bussing, W.A. (1998). Peces de las aguas continentales de Costa Rica [Freshwater fishes of Costa Rica]. 2nd Ed. San José Costa Rica: Editorial de la Universidad de Costa Rica. 468 p.
- 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. 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.
- Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zo©logy, at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. Cambridge [Mass.]: The Museum, 1876-1938. ENG url p. 101.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] ENG url p. 330, p. 379, 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, p. 870.
- 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.
- Shiino, Sueo M. 1976. List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. Shima Marineland. Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan. 262.
- Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. ENG url p. 232, p. 462.
- 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.
- The marine fishes of Panama. by Seth E. Meek and Samuel F. Hildebrand; Wilfred H. Osgood, editor Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1925 ENG url p. 430.
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.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 7, 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 5 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:
- Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Fish Collection
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
- Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
- UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNPE/Coleccion Nacional de Peces
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3855865
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-34250
- Fishbase Species ID: 10978
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 167651
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 106122
Footnotes
- Bussing, W.A. (1998). Peces de las aguas continentales de Costa Rica [Freshwater fishes of Costa Rica]. 2nd Ed. San José Costa Rica: Editorial de la Universidad de Costa Rica. 468 p. [back]
- Mean = 21.290 meters (69.849 feet), Standard Deviation = 81.160 based on 7 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
