Species: Centropomus parallelus, Smallscale fat snook


pectoral 14-17, fin =/> pelvic
Centropomus parallelus Poey, 1860
Smallscale fat snook
Body oblong, compressed, deep; upper head profile straight to slightly concave; mouth large and protractile, lower jaw protruding; teeth small, in bands; margin of preopercle serrated; gill rakers 21-25, lower rakers 8-12; dorsal rays VIII + I, 9 (rarely 8 or 10), 3rd spine > 4th; anal fin short, III strong spines, 6-7 (usually 6), second spine very stout, curved, longer than third spine when erect, about reaching to level of tail fin base when depressed; pectoral soft rays 14-17, fin about as long as pelvic; pelvics insert a little behind pectoral base, with I strong spine and 5 rays; tips of pelvic fins reach to or past anus in all but largest fish; scales large, rough, lateral scales (immediately above lateral line) 79-92; 9-16 between lateral line and 2nd dorsal fin origin, 13-18 between lateral line and anal fin origin; lateral line extends to the end of the forked tail fin.
Overall yellow-brown to greenish-brown above, silvery below; dark lateral line; fins dusky.
Size: to 63 cm.
Inhabits bays, estuaries, entering freshwater; prefers low salinity to freshwater over marine conditions.
Depth: 0-15 m.
Florida to southern Brazil.

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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Brackish
- Freshwater
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Near Bottom
- Mid Water
- Bottom + water column
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Sand & gravel
- Soft bottom only
- Mud
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Water column
- Freshwater
- Estuary
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Mangrove
- Beach
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Bony fishes
- Data
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- All species.
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- GC non-endemic
- Also in Brazil
- Extends South of GC
- Continent + Island (s)
- All species..
- Island (s)
- Continent
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 63
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 15