Centropomus parallelus, Fat snook : fisheries, gamefish

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Centropomus parallelus Poey, 1860

Fat snook
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Mexico country information

Common names: Chucumite, Robalo chucumite
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Recorded from Laguna de Términos (Ref. 79080).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mx.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Anonymous, 1994
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Crossie chucumite, Salom, Chucumite, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> 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 / rango de profundidad / distribution range Ecología

marino; agua dulce; salobre demersal; anfidromo (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.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 72.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 40637); common length : 25.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 3713); peso máximo publicado: 5.0 kg (Ref. 26340)

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Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. 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 Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Spawn in brackish waters in estuaries.

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

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

Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial; pesca deportiva: si
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Referencia 123201): 24.9 - 28, mean 27.2 °C (based on 232 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia 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).
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278):  4.2   ±0.74 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (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.