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Centropomus parallelus Poey, 1860

Fat snook
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Belize country information

Common names: Smallscale fat snook
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Found in Belize in the Temash River, 32 km upstream and in the mangroves channels near St. John's College at Belize City as well as in the continental waters of Nicaragua, Mexico and Costa Rica (Ref. 30499).
National Checklist: Belize Biodiversity Information System - Fish
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/bh.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.caricom-fisheries.com/belize-fisheries
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Fraser, T.H., 1978
National Database: Belize Biodiversity Information System

Common names from other countries

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > 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 Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; amphidromous (Ref. 51243).   Subtropical; 26°N - 28°S, 98°W - 34°W

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