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Snook

Snook. By : Jack Cutts Marine. Where are snook found?. Tropical waters of the A tlantic ocean. From the coast North C arolina to brazil, including all in between; The Gulf and the Caribbean. Cannot be found in on the West Coast.

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Snook

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  1. Snook By : Jack CuttsMarine

  2. Where are snook found? • Tropical waters of the Atlantic ocean. • From the coast North Carolina to brazil, including all in between; The Gulf and the Caribbean. • Cannot be found in on the West Coast. • Found in shallow water, near bridges, piers, jetty's during the summer. • Snook can also be found in lakes depending on the species of the snook.

  3. Diets of Snook • Adult snook feed on fish and large crustaceans. • Juvenile snook live in low salinity habitats with physical structures. • They use this for mangroves or pilings where small crabs and shrimp hang around so they can feed.

  4. Reproduction • They are protandric hermaphrodites which means they can turn into females when they get so large. So they have a strong reproduction. • Snook lay eggs • After hatching the larvae hang around swamps, mangroves for the first 10-18 months • The next part of their life they are young juveniles that hang around low salinity areas until they are sexually mature.

  5. Save the snook! • Can only be kept between 28-32 inches • Seasons, closed decemeber 1 till the end of February. And May 1st till august 31st. • Should not be held vertically, should hold horizontally while supporting the belly.

  6. Types of snook • Snook are euryhaline fish, meaning they can live in both fresh and salt water enviorments. • Male snook can live up to 6.4 years, and females can live up to 9.2 years. • 5 Different species of snook in florida water • common snook, • small-scale fat snook • large-scale fat snook • swordspine snook • tarpon snook.

  7. Swordspine Snook Common Snook Large scale fat snook. Tarpon Snook

  8. Common Snook

  9. What are Common snook?Centropomusundecimalis • A Marine fish. • Found mostly inshore in coastal and brackish waters. • Cannot tolerate water temperature below 60˚F • This is one of the largest Snooks found. Kingdom : Animalia Phylum : Chordata Class : Actinopterygii Order : Perciformes Family : Centropomidae Genus : Centropomus

  10. Tarpon SnookCentropomuspectinatus • The only Snook with 7 anal fins. • Lower jaw curves upwards • Compressed body • Found inshore in south Florida. Mostly in fresh water • Get to only 16-18 inches long • Rarely found on the west coast

  11. SwordspineSnookCentropomusensiferus • The smallest of snooks. • Has a giant, second anal fine (name) • Found in shore in estuarine habitats as from south florida to the st lucie river • when the adults are fully grown they are less than 12 inches long • Prefers slightly brackish water or freshwater, spillways, shallow water.

  12. Fat SnookCentropomusparallelus • An inshore species found near mangroves • Usually in fresh water • Found more in interior water opposed to estuarine waters then other snook. • Lateral line extends onto tail • Has the smallest scales out of all the snook.

  13. ‘ • http://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/profiles/fish/saltwater/snook/snook/ • http://myfwc.com/research/saltwater/fish/snook/fish-facts-snook/ • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_snook • http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/snook/snook.html • http://baysoundings.com/legacy-archives/fall02/creature.html • http://www.snookfoundation.org/info/about-snook

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