Centropomidae
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| Common snook, Centropomus undecimalis | |
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| Family: | Centropomidae
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Centropomus | |
The Centropomidae are a family of freshwater and marine fishes in Order Perciformes, including the common snook or róbalo, Centropomus undecimalis. Prior to 2004, three other genera were placed in Centropomidae in subfamily Latinae, which has since been raised to the family level and renamed Latidae because a cladistic analysis showed the old Centropomidae to be paraphyletic. Each of the four species(fat,swordspine,common, and tarpon) can be easily identified by their lateral black line. They are good tablefare. They are a sought after gamefish and tricky to catch.
Dating from the upper Cretaceous, the centropomids are of typical percoid shape, distinguished by having two-part dorsal fins and, frequently, a concave shape to the head.
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2004). "Centropomidae" in FishBase. October 2004 version.
- "Centropomidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 20 December.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=and|year=/|date=mismatch (help) - Otero, Olga (2004). "Anatomy, systematics and phylogeny of both Recent and fossil latid fishes (Teleostei, Perciformes, Latidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 141 (1). Retrieved 2006-08-15.
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