common snook

Centropomus undecimalis

One Hundred Forty Centimeters Centropomid Fish of South American Waters

Tropical
Southern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Atlantic Ocean
Central America and the Caribbean
North America
South America
Fusiform
Large
Tropical fish

The common snook (Centropomus undecimalis) is a species of marine fish in the family Centropomidae of the order Perciformes. The common snook is also known as the sergeant fish or robalo. It was originally assigned to the sciaenid genus Sciaena; Sciaena undecimradiatus and Centropomus undecimradiatus are obsolete synonyms for the species.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Jacks, Flatfishes, Barracudas, and Allies
Family: Centropomidae
Genus: Centropomus
Maximum length: 140 cm
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: 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 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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