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Centropomus poeyi Chávez, 1961

Mexican snook
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> Carangaria/misc (Various families in series Carangaria) > Centropomidae (Snooks)
Etymology: Centropomus: Greek, kentron = sting + Greek, poma, -atos = cover, operculum (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Professor Felipe Poey y Aloy (1799–1891) was a Cuban zoologist, naturalist and artist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ekologi

marina; sötvatten; brackvatten bottenlevande. Tropical

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Western Central Atlantic: Tampico, Mexico to Belize.

Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 90.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 3713); common length : 45.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 3713); publicerad maxvikt: 9.0 kg (Ref. 3713)

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

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

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fecundity | Larver

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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. (Ref. 4537)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 01 November 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fiskeri: mindre kommeriell; sportfisk: ja
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 25.3 - 28, mean 26.9 °C (based on 148 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5005   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00599 - 0.02101), b=3.17 (3.01 - 3.33), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278):  4.0   ±0.66 se; based on food items.
Resiliens (Ref. 120179):  Mellan, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid 1,4-4,4 år (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High vulnerability (56 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 101 [59, 159] mg/100g; Iron = 0.986 [0.663, 1.458] mg/100g; Protein = 19.6 [17.3, 21.8] %; Omega3 = 0.24 [0.11, 0.54] g/100g; Selenium = 51.2 [28.4, 94.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 11 [5, 25] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.957 [0.729, 1.295] mg/100g (wet weight);