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Largescale Fat Snook
Centropomus mexicanus Bocourt, 1868
Also calledCrossie mexicaine (fra) · Robalo-mexicano (por) · robalo gordo (spa) · robalo mexický (ces)
First described in: Bocourt, F. (1868). Note sur des poissons percoides appartenant au genre Centropome, provenant du Mexique et de l'Amérique centrale. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris (Zoologie et Paléontologie) (Sér. 5).</em> v. 9: 90-91.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
Centropomus mexicanus Bocourt 1868
Centropomus mexicanus Bocourt 1868 . Largescale Fat Snook; Róbalo Gordo Vouchers: Not available. Distribution: Western Atlantic Ocean; from southern Florida, USA, to southern Brazil; entering estuaries and littoral lagoons and ascending river courses; (Nicaragua) BF, IM and To (Atlantic); 0–6 masl; Per, Dia, Amp. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; LC (2019), population trend unknown. Literature: Robertson & Van Tassell (2019: 3458; detailed description, including illustrations, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology) and Angulo (2021: 41; listed, including information on distribution).
Continental fishes of Nicaragua: diversity, distribution and conservation status; with an annotated and illustrated checklist of species and an identification guide to families
discussion
References: Angulo et al. (2013: 999; listed, including taxonomic information and distributional data) and Robertson & Van Tassell (2019: 3458; detailed description, including illustrations, information on distribution, with a map, and ecology).
New records and range extensions to the Costa Rican freshwater fish fauna, with an updated checklist
distribution
Distribution: Global: Western Atlantic Ocean; from southern Florida, USA, to southern Brazil; entering estuaries and littoral lagoons and ascending river courses; Costa Rica: To, Pa, Ma and Si (Atlantic), 0 – 4 m. a. s. l., Per, Dia.
New records and range extensions to the Costa Rican freshwater fish fauna, with an updated checklist
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2369639.