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Contributor: Sergio Escárcega Rodríguez | ID: 2158
Country: Mexico
Address: Antonio del Moral 334 Nueva Chapultepec Sur 58260 Morelia Michoacán México
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Species: Centropomus nigrescens
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Locality:* La Mira, Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, México.
Type: Pond
Salinity:* freshwater
Water depth: 0 - 1 m
Latitude:* 18°   1.2'   N       Latitude (dec): 18.020000000795
Longitude:* 102°   18.6'   W       Longitude (dec): -102.31000000636
Accuracy: accurate
Territory:* Mexico
FAO area:* Pacific, Eastern Central
Temp.: 31°C
Date:* 26/05/2006, dd/mm/yyyy
Day time: 13:00 - 14:00 h    e.g. 13:00 - 15:00
Length:* 52.8 cm     Type:* TL
Weight: 990 g
Abundance: abundant (always seen in some numbers)
Life stage: juveniles
Sex: undetermined
Gear: Chinchorro network
Source: Escárcega, R.S. 2010. Acclimatization to the captivity of black snook, Centropomus nigrescens (Günther, 1864), in rustic ponds in the coast of Michoacán, México. Thesis of Masters. Michoacan University of San Nicolás de Hidalgo, México.
Remark: Data obtained from a sample of 5 youthful of C. nigrescens (of a total of 39 units) with 18 months of growth (from fingerlings of 6 cm of total length) in a earth fresh water pool, with the alive food provision (Oreochromis sp. and and Macrobrachium sp.), which showed to a good growth and the feasibility of its fresh water culture.
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