Species: Centropomus nigrescens, Black snook
wide between eyes
Centropomus nigrescens Günther, 1864
Black snook
Body oblong elongate, compressed; upper head profile ~straight; mouth large and protractile, lower jaw protruding; margin of preopercle serrated; gill rakers 19-23 (usually 20-22); wide between the eyes (71-74% of snout length); dorsal rays VIII +I, 10 (rarely 9 or 11), first long spine shorter than following spine; anal rays III, 6, second and third anal spines relatively short for the genus, about equal in length, not exceeding longest anal soft ray; pelvics insert a little behind pectoral base, with I strong spine and 5 rays; pectoral rays 14-16 (usually 15); lateral-line scales 68-75 (usually 71-74); scales around tail base 25-30 (usually 27-29).
Generally silver with black lateral line; dorsal, tail and anal fins dark.
Size: attains 117 cm; IGFA record 26.2 kg.
Inhabits bays, estuaries, and lower parts of freshwater streams.
Depth: 0-25 m.
Southern Baja and the lower Gulf of California to northern Perú.
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- Salinity
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- Freshwater
- Marine
- Brackish
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom only
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Estuary
- Soft bottom only
- Freshwater
- Beach
- Mud
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Sand & gravel
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- No Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Bony fishes
- Egg Type
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- No data
- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- East Pacific endemic
- All species
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent
- TEP endemic
- All species
- Continental TEP endemic
- 3 provinces (Cortez + Mexican + Panamic) endemic
- Continent only
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 117
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 25
