any info on these guys? i cant find anything solid other than size and diet. where are they from?
swordspine snook
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here is the page from fishbase, includes range where found, seems like a great fish for a largish tank.
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Centropomus ensiferus
Swordspine snook
Centropomus ensiferus Poey, 1860
Family: Centropomidae (Snooks) picture (Ceens_u0.jpg) by JAMARC
Point map
Order: Perciformes (perch-likes)
Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name: Swordspine snook
Max. size: 36.2 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 40637); max. published weight: 1,025 g (Ref. 5217)
Environment: benthopelagic; amphidromous (Ref. 51243); freshwater; brackish; marine; depth range - 22 m
Climate: subtropical; 25°N - 23°S
Importance: fisheries: minor commercial
Resilience: Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tm=3-4; Fec=80,000)
Distribution:
Gazetteer Western Atlantic: southern Florida (USA), Greater and Lesser Antilles, and continental Caribbean coasts of Central and South America southward extending to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Morphology: Dorsal spines (total): 8 - 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 10; Anal spines: 1 – 3; Anal soft rays: 6. 2nd spine of anal fin greatly enlarged; body yellowish brown dorsally, silver laterally and ventrally; lateral line dusky; pectoral and pelvic fins yellow, other fins dusky (Ref. 13608).
Biology: Inhabits coastal waters, estuaries and lagoons, penetrating into freshwater; usually prefers very low brackish water or freshwater. Found over soft bottoms (Ref. 5217). Feeds on small fishes (Engraulidae, Clupeidae, etc.) and crustaceans (mainly shrimps) (Ref. 35237).
Red List Status: Not in IUCN Red List (Ref. 53964)
Dangerous: harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref: Fraser, T.H.. 1978. (Ref. 3713)
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Note: No data available if label is black; please send relevant papers to: FishBase, MC P.O. Box 2631, 0718 Makati, Philippines, or attach files to 'Comments & Corrections' email below .
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Centropomus ensiferus
Swordspine snook
Centropomus ensiferus Poey, 1860
Family: Centropomidae (Snooks) picture (Ceens_u0.jpg) by JAMARC
Point map
Order: Perciformes (perch-likes)
Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name: Swordspine snook
Max. size: 36.2 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 40637); max. published weight: 1,025 g (Ref. 5217)
Environment: benthopelagic; amphidromous (Ref. 51243); freshwater; brackish; marine; depth range - 22 m
Climate: subtropical; 25°N - 23°S
Importance: fisheries: minor commercial
Resilience: Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tm=3-4; Fec=80,000)
Distribution:
Gazetteer Western Atlantic: southern Florida (USA), Greater and Lesser Antilles, and continental Caribbean coasts of Central and South America southward extending to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Morphology: Dorsal spines (total): 8 - 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 10; Anal spines: 1 – 3; Anal soft rays: 6. 2nd spine of anal fin greatly enlarged; body yellowish brown dorsally, silver laterally and ventrally; lateral line dusky; pectoral and pelvic fins yellow, other fins dusky (Ref. 13608).
Biology: Inhabits coastal waters, estuaries and lagoons, penetrating into freshwater; usually prefers very low brackish water or freshwater. Found over soft bottoms (Ref. 5217). Feeds on small fishes (Engraulidae, Clupeidae, etc.) and crustaceans (mainly shrimps) (Ref. 35237).
Red List Status: Not in IUCN Red List (Ref. 53964)
Dangerous: harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref: Fraser, T.H.. 1978. (Ref. 3713)
Update | Add | Get XML file | Point data in XML | Common names in XML | Photos in XML
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
More information: Countries
FAO areas
Occurrences
Introductions
Ecosystems
Ecology
Diet
Food items
Food consumption
Ration
Predators
Ciguatera
Common names
Synonyms
Pictures
Sounds
Reproduction
Maturity
Spawning
Eggs
Egg dev.
Larvae
Larval dynamics
Biblio
References
Growth
L-W relationship
L-L relationship
Length frequencies
Recruitment
Max. age & size
Metabolism
Morphology
Morphometrics
Gill area
Brains
Vision
Collaborators
Genetics
Allele frequencies
Heritability
Strains
Aquaculture
Aquaculture profile
Diseases
Ecotoxicology
Processing
Speed
Swim. type
Stamps
Note: No data available if label is black; please send relevant papers to: FishBase, MC P.O. Box 2631, 0718 Makati, Philippines, or attach files to 'Comments & Corrections' email below .
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tools: Biogeographic modelling | E-book | Field guide | Identification keys | Length-Frequency Wizard | Life-history tool | Point data |
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Internet sources:
0 articles on C. ensiferus
10 articles on Centropomus
MBLWHOI Library
CISTI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | GOBASE | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | ispecies | National databases | PubMed | Recipes | Scirus | Tree of Life | uBio | uBio RSS | Zoological Record
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Check for FishWatcher | Check for other web sites | Check for Fish Forum |
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Check for Aquarium maintenance | Check for Species Fact Sheets | Check for Aquaculture Fact Sheets |
Note: use the Back button of your browser to return to FishBase.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Checked:
Torres, Armi G. Modified:
Bailly, Nicolas Entered:
Luna, Susan M.
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Ref.: Glossary
( e.g. 9948 ) ( e.g. cephalopods )
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the "top of the foodchain" article in TFH said they were specfically freshwater. im getting mixed information. id love to learn more.
Literally just got done reading the article in TFH on these guys.........very interesting fish..........
my LFS had one in, if they still do, I am going to buy it. Do you think I will have a problem with my mummichogs or puffers?
RadleyMiller;637121; said:
i'd check on its needs radley.......in the TFH article it says they need time to adjust to brackish waters and that they don't survive well in them........just curious what store had them?