These species have the most available literature, and as a result, they are the easiest to identify without specialized laboratory techniques. This article will focus on the four different species of snook found in Florida. We are still learning a lot about these magnificent fish! How Do You Tell Snook Species Apart? This new species is only known from two localities, Oiapoque Bay and Piratuba Lagoon, in northern Brazil,Īnother study from 2021 suggested that largescale fat snook ( Centropomus mexicanus) should not be considered a unique species.Īs you can see, the discovery, identification and classification of snook species is an evolving practice. In the future, new species of snook may be described and others may be declassified.įor example, the Ira’s snook ( Centropomus irae) was only described just a few years ago, in 2019. Snook species are notoriously difficult to identify, so more research is needed to better understand snook taxonomy. The world record black snook is 59lbs 8oz caught in Puerto Quepos, Costa Rica! It grows even larger than the famous common snook. The black snook (Centropomus nigrescens) is the largest species of snook.
Common snook ( Centropomus undecimalis).
The species found in the West Atlantic are:
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