. 10 cm (from Fischer 1978) Scientific Name: Centropomus undecimalis Common Name: common snook Other Common Names: gulf pike, salt water pike, linesider, snook robalo (Higgins and Lord 1926, Hoese and Moore 1977, Rivas 1986); crossie blanc(French), robalo comun, robalo bianco (Spanish) (Fischer 1978, NOAA1985). Classification (Robins et al. 1991) Phylum: Chordata Class: Osteichthyes Order: Perciformes Family: Centropomidae Value Commercial: The common snook is harvested through- out much of its range (Hildebrand 1958, Tucker 1986). In the , it was caught commercially on a small scale in Te
. 10 cm (from Fischer 1978) Scientific Name: Centropomus undecimalis Common Name: common snook Other Common Names: gulf pike, salt water pike, linesider, snook robalo (Higgins and Lord 1926, Hoese and Moore 1977, Rivas 1986); crossie blanc(French), robalo comun, robalo bianco (Spanish) (Fischer 1978, NOAA1985). Classification (Robins et al. 1991) Phylum: Chordata Class: Osteichthyes Order: Perciformes Family: Centropomidae Value Commercial: The common snook is harvested through- out much of its range (Hildebrand 1958, Tucker 1986). In the , it was caught commercially on a small scale in Texas and Florida at one time, but declining numbers led to a ban on commercial landings in Florida in 1958, and to its virtual disappearance in Texas with the last commercially landed fish reported there in 1961 (Higgins and Lord 1926, Baughman 1943, Hildebrand 1958, Marshall 1958, Volpe 1959, Tucker 1986, Matlock and Osburn 1987). It is caught and sold mostly fresh in Mexico, Central and South America, and in the Carib- bean (Fischer 1977). Harvest is by gill nets, cast nets, and hook and line. The common snook is also consid- ered a possible mariculture species (Roberts 1990). Recreational: This is a popular gamefish, putting up spectacular fights as well as being good eating (Baughman 1943, Marshall 1958, Volpe 1959, Martin and Shipp 1971, Ager et al. 1976, Hoese and Moore 1977, Tucker et al. 1985, Tucker 1986). The common snook readily accepts natural or artificial bait on hook and line, and is also caught by spearing (Marshall 1958, Ager et al. 1976). Population declines since the 1930's have resulted in reduced catches by anglers along the Gulf coast (Hildebrand 1958, Seaman and Collins 1983, Tucker 1986, Matlock and Osburn 1987). This decline has resulted in it being classified as a species of special concern by the state of Florida (Tucker 1986, Johnson 1987). The Florida Depart- ment of Natural Resources maintains a closed season on snook during both the winter and summ
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