Centropomidae

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Snooks
Common snook, Centropomus undecimalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Percoidei
Family: Centropomidae
Poey, 1868
Genus: Centropomus
Lacépède, 1802
Type species
Centropomus undecimradiatus
Lacepède, 1802

Centropomus is a genus of freshwater and marine fishes in the family Centropomidae of order Perciformes, including the common snook or róbalo, Centropomus undecimalis. Prior to 2004, three other genera were placed in Centropomidae in subfamily Latinae, which has since been raised to the family level and renamed Latidae because a cladistic analysis showed the old Centropomidae to be paraphyletic, leaving Centropomus as the sole remaining genus in this family. The members of this genus are popular food fishes, as well as being popular gamefishes.

Dating from the upper Cretaceous, the centropomids are of typical percoid shape, distinguished by having two-part dorsal fins, a lateral line that extends onto the tail, and, frequently, a concave shape to the head. They range from 35 to 120 cm (14 to 47 in) in length and are found in tropical and subtropical waters.[1]

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[2]

  • Centropomus armatus T. N. Gill, 1863 (armed snook)
  • Centropomus ensiferus Poey, 1860 (swordspine snook)
  • Centropomus medius Günther, 1864 (blackfin snook)
  • Centropomus mexicanus Bocourt, 1868 (largescale fat snook)
  • Centropomus nigrescens Günther, 1864 (black snook)
  • Centropomus parallelus Poey, 1860 (fat snook)
  • Centropomus pectinatus Poey, 1860 (tarpon snook)
  • Centropomus poeyi Chávez, 1961 (Mexican snook)
  • Centropomus robalito D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (yellowfin snook)
  • Centropomus undecimalis (Bloch, 1792) (common snook)
  • Centropomus unionensis Bocourt, 1868 (union snook)
  • Centropomus viridis Lockington, 1877 (white snook)

Timeline of genera

Quaternary Neogene Paleogene Holocene Miocene Oligocene Eocene Paleocene Centropomus Quaternary Neogene Paleogene Holocene Miocene Oligocene Eocene Paleocene

References

  1. ↑ Johnson, G.D. & Gill, A.C. (1998). Paxton, J.R. & Eschmeyer, W.N., ed. Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. p. 186. ISBN 0-12-547665-5. 
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Centropomus in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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