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Centropomidae
swordspine snook
Centropomus ensiferus
Fish in the Caribbean Sea
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Atlantic Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- South America
- Fusiform
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Atlantic Ocean
Fusiform
Mediumswordspine snook is a freshwater fish from Western Atlantic. It inhabits estuaries and brackish water. The largest recorded length is 36.2 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Centropomidae
- Genus
- Centropomus
- Maximum length
- 36.2 cm
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: southern Florida (USA), Greater and Lesser Antilles, and continental Caribbean coasts of Central and South America southward extending to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
