Teleostei (teleosts) > Carangaria/misc (Various families in series Carangaria) > Centropomidae (Snooks)
Etymology: Centropomus: Greek, kentron = sting + Greek, poma, -atos = cover, operculum (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Bloch.

Marine; brackish; freshwater; reef-associated; amphidromous (Ref. 51243); depth range ? - 22 m (Ref. 26912); 25°C - 31°C (Ref. 36880) preferred 27°C (Ref. 107945); tropical; 33°N - 35°S98°W - 33°W.

Western Atlantic: southern Florida (USA), southeastern coast of the Gulf of Mexico, most of the Antilles and Caribbean coast of Central and South America extending southward to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; also North Carolina and Texas, USA (Ref. 7251).

Maturity: L_m ?, range 42 - ? cm
Max length: 140 cm TL male/unsexed (Ref. 9710); common length: 50.0 cm TL male/unsexed (Ref. 3713); max. published weight: 24.3 kg (Ref. 4699); max. reported age: 7 years (Ref. 12193).

Dorsal spines (total): 8 - 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 6. 67- to 72 pored scales on lateral line to base of caudal fin (Ref. 26938). Black lateral line (Ref. 13442).

Adults inhabit coastal waters, estuaries and lagoons, penetrating into freshwater; usually at depths less than 20 m (Ref. 3713). Feed on fishes (Gobiidae, Gerreidae, Engraulidae) and crustaceans (shrimps and crabs) (Ref. 35237). Mature individuals congregate at mouths of passes and rivers during the spawning season, May through September (Ref. 3713). Seasonal movements into freshwater occur but poorly understood (Ref. 3713). Marketed fresh (Ref. 5712). Valued game fish and an excellent food fish (Ref. 26938). The world record for hook and line is a 53-lb., 10 ounce fish caught at Parismina Ranch, Costa Rica (Ref. 13442).

Also Ref. 103751

Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray 1986 A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)

  Least Concern (LC); date assessed: February 08 2019

Not Evaluated

Not Evaluated

  Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 23.5 - 28.1, mean 27.3 °C (based on 864 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5005 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00741 (0.00587 - 0.00936), b=3.02 (2.97 - 3.07), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 4.2 ±0.6 se; Based on diet studies.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.3-0.49; tm=4; tmax=7; Fec=3 million).

Prior r = 0.87, 95% CL = 0.58 - 1.31, Based on 2 data-limited stock assessments.

Fishing vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (46 of 100).

Climate vulnerability (Ref. 125649): Very high vulnerability (86 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Low; Reliable: based on ex-vessel price for this species.

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 25.4 [15.4, 38.4] mg/100g; Iron = 0.523 [0.319, 0.792] mg/100g; Protein = 20.3 [17.9, 22.5] %; Omega3 = 0.139 [0.065, 0.297] g/100g; Selenium = 34.5 [19.7, 59.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 52.2 [18.4, 155.2] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.769 [0.560, 1.077] mg/100g (wet weight);