Centropomus parallelus, Fat snook : fisheries, gamefish

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Centropomus parallelus Poey, 1860

Fat snook
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> 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 / गहराई सीमा / distribution range पारिस्थितिकी

समुद्री; स्वच्छ जल, अलवण जल; खारा ड़िमरसल; ऐम्फिढरोमस (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.

आकार / वज़न / Age

परिपक्व अवधि: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 72.0 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 40637); common length : 25.0 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 3713); अधिकतम प्रकाशित वज़न: 5.0 kg (Ref. 26340)

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Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.

जीवविज्ञान     शब्द संग्रह (उदाहरणार्थ 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).

Life cycle and mating behavior परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | अंडे | Fecundity | लार्वा

Spawn in brackish waters in estuaries.

Main reference Upload your references | संदर्भ | संयोजक | सहयोगीयो

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: Version 2025-1)

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

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

मात्स्यिकी: लघु वाणिज्य; आखेट मत्स्य: हां
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (संदर्भ 123201): 24.9 - 28, mean 27.2 °C (based on 232 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (संदर्भ 82804):  PD50 = 0.5002   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00759 (0.00633 - 0.00909), b=3.06 (3.01 - 3.11), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (संदर्भ 69278):  4.2   ±0.74 se; based on food items.
लौटाव (संदर्भ 120179):  माध्यम, न्यूनतम जनसंख्या दुगनी होने का समय 1.4 - 4.4 वर्ष। (tm=3-4; Fec=900,000).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (49 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 61.4 [35.8, 112.0] mg/100g; Iron = 0.995 [0.655, 1.588] mg/100g; Protein = 19.9 [17.6, 22.0] %; Omega3 = 0.359 [0.176, 0.732] g/100g; Selenium = 19.3 [10.7, 37.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 16.9 [6.1, 47.3] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.675 [0.491, 0.950] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.