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Centropomidae (Snooks)
Etymology: Centropomus: Greek, kentron = sting + Greek, poma, -atos = cover, operculum (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Poey.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
ນິເວດວິທະຍາ
ສັດທະເລ; ນ້ຳຈືດ; ນ້ຳກ່ອຍ ອາໄສຢູ່ໃກ້ໜ້າດິນໃຕ້ພື້ນທ້ອງນ້ຳ; ປາທີ່ມີການເຄື່ອນຍ້າຍຈາກທະເລໄປຫານ້ຳຈືດ ແລະນ້ຳຈືດຫາທະເລ (Ref. 51243). Subtropical; 26°N - 28°S, 98°W - 34°W
Western Atlantic: southern Florida (USA) and the Mexican Gulf coast to Florianopolis, Brazil.
ຂະໜາດ / ນ້ຳໜັກ / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 72.0 cm TL ຕົວຜູ້/ບໍ່ມີເພດ; (Ref. 40637); common length : 25.0 cm TL ຕົວຜູ້/ບໍ່ມີເພດ; (Ref. 3713); ນ້ຳໜັກສູງສຸດທີ່ເຄຍຈັດພີມມາ: 5.0 kg (Ref. 26340)
Inhabits coastal waters, estuaries and lagoons, penetrating into freshwater; usually prefers very low brackish water or freshwater. Occasionally in hypersaline lagoons (Ref. 5217). Found over shallow soft bottoms (Ref. 5217). Feeds on fish and crustaceans. Its flesh is well appreciated (Ref. 27188).
Spawn in brackish waters in estuaries.
Fraser, T.H., 1978. Centropomidae. In W. Fischer (ed.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. West Atlantic (Fishing Area 31). FAO, Rome. Vol. 1-2. pag.var. (Ref. 3713)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 24.9 - 28, mean 27.2 °C (based on 232 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5005 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00759 (0.00633 - 0.00909), b=3.06 (3.01 - 3.11), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref.
93245).
ຊັ້ນເຂດຮ້ອນ (Ref.
69278): 4.2 ±0.74 se; based on food items.
ຄວາມຢືດຢຸ່ນ (Ref.
120179): ຂະໜາດກາງ, ປະຊາກອນຕຳ່ສຸດທີ່ໃຊ້ເວລາສອງເທົ່າ 1.4 - 4.4 ປີ (tm=3-4; Fec=900,000).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (49 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 61.4 [35.8, 112.0] mg/100g; Iron = 0.995 [0.655, 1.588] mg/100g; Protein = 19.9 [17.6, 22.0] %; Omega3 = 0.359 [0.176, 0.732] g/100g; Selenium = 19.3 [10.7, 37.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 16.9 [6.1, 47.3] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.675 [0.491, 0.950] mg/100g (wet weight); based on
nutrient studies.