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Actinopteri (ray-finned fishes) > Carangaria/misc (Various families in series Carangaria) > Centropomidae (Snooks)
Etymology: Centropomus: Greek, kentron = sting + Greek, poma, -atos = cover, operculum (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Gill.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; brackish; demersal. Tropical; 23°N - 1°S

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Eastern Pacific: Mexico to Ecuador.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 46.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 124487); common length : 25.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 55763); max. published weight: 1.0 kg (Ref. 124487)

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Body long and moderately deep; dorsal profile slightly concave behind the eyes; lateral line extending to posterior edge of caudal fin; second anal spine, when folded-down, reaching or surpassing origin of caudal fin; pectoral and pelvic fins sub-equal; first gill arch with 20 to 25 gill rakers; back blue gray; belly silvery; lateral line dark; membranes between spines of first dorsal fin and between second and third anal spines black (Ref. 55763)

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Bussing, W.A., 1995. Centropomidae. Róbalos. p. 987-995. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9284)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 125652)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 08 January 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 26.8 - 29.1, mean 28.2 °C (based on 129 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805): PD₅₀ = 0.5005 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00692 (0.00437 - 0.01096), b=3.11 (2.98 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for species & Genus-BS (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.9 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Generation time: 2.7 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (31 of 100) .

Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): (0 of 100) .

Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 218 [119, 357] mg/100g ; Iron = 1.08 [0.67, 1.94] mg/100g ; Protein = 18.2 [16.0, 20.3] % ; Omega3 = 0.572 [0.226, 1.466] g/100g ; Selenium = 65.4 [29.7, 140.8] μg/100g ; VitaminA = 26.3 [11.0, 65.2] μg/100g ; Zinc = 1.32 [0.92, 1.90] mg/100g (wet weight);

Centropomus armatus Gill, 1863