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Centropomus parallelus Poey, 1860

Fat snook
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Haiti country information

Common names: Grabb's snook, Saumon
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ha.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Fraser, T.H., 1978
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Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

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

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

marino; agua dulce; salobre demersal; anfidromo (Ref. 51243).   Subtropical; 26°N - 28°S, 98°W - 34°W

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Western Atlantic: southern Florida (USA) and the Mexican Gulf coast to Florianopolis, Brazil.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 72.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 40637); common length : 25.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 3713); peso máximo publicado: 5.0 kg (Ref. 26340)

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Inhabits coastal waters, estuaries and lagoons, penetrating into freshwater; usually prefers very low brackish water or freshwater. Occasionally in hypersaline lagoons (Ref. 5217). Found over shallow soft bottoms (Ref. 5217). Feeds on fish and crustaceans. Its flesh is well appreciated (Ref. 27188).

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Spawn in brackish waters in estuaries.

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Fraser, T.H., 1978. Centropomidae. In W. Fischer (ed.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. West Atlantic (Fishing Area 31). FAO, Rome. Vol. 1-2. pag.var. (Ref. 3713)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 29 June 2018

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




Human uses

Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial; pesca deportiva: si
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.9 - 28, mean 27.2 (based on 232 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5005   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00794 (0.00657 - 0.00960), b=3.04 (2.99 - 3.09), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  4.2   ±0.74 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (tm=3-4; Fec=900,000).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (49 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.