Description: Body silvery olive, with an obvious black lateral line. Forehead depressed. Two dorsal fins.
Habitat: Inhabits coastal waters, estuaries and lagoons, penetrating into fresh water, usually at depths less than 20 m. Feeds on fish and crustaceans. Congregates at mouths of passes and rivers during the spawning season (May through September).
Distribution: Common Florida, rare or absent Bahamas and islands of Caribbean.
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Superclass Pisces Class Osteichthyes Family Centropomidae Genus Centropomus Species Centropomus undecimalis
Common snook [English] Binnensnoek [Dutch] Brochet de mer [French] Bima [Papiamentu]
Humann, P., 1989. Reef Fish Identification - Florida Caribbean Bahamas, (ed. N. Deloach). New World Publications, Inc., Paramount Miller Graphics, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida.
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C. undecimalis
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