smallscale fat snook

Centropomus parallelus

Centropomid Fish beneath the Brazilian Coast

Tropical
Regional distribution
Atlantic Ocean
North America
South America
Fusiform
Large
Tropical fish

Centropomus parallelus is a species of fish in the family Centropomidae, the snooks and robalos. It is known by several common names, including fat snook, smallscale fat snook, little snook, and chucumite. It is native to the western Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico, its distribution extending from southern Florida in the United States to southern Brazil near Florianópolis.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Jacks, Flatfishes, Barracudas, and Allies
Family: Centropomidae
Genus: Centropomus
Maximum length: 72 cm
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Western Atlantic: southern Florida (USA) and the Mexican Gulf coast to Florianopolis, Brazil.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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