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Blackfin snook
Centropomus medius Günther, 1864
Also calledGualaje aleta manchada (spa) · Robalo (spa) · Robalo de aleta prieta (spa) · Robalo-de-barbatana-curta (por) · Sortfinnet snook (dan) · robalo aleta prieta (spa) · robalo černoocasý (ces)
First described in: Günther, A. (1864). Report of a collection of fishes made by Messrs. Dow, Godman, and Salvin in Guatemala. Part first. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864.</em> (pt 1) (art. 3) : 144-154.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
Centropomus medius Gunther 1864
Centropomus medius Günther 1864 . Bigeye Snook, Blackfin Snook; Róbalo Aleta Manchada, Róbalo Aleta Prieta, Róbalo Ojón, Gualaje Aleta Manchada Vouchers: Not available. Distribution: Eastern Pacific Ocean; from southern Baja California and the Gulf of California, Mexico, to northern Peru; entering estuaries and littoral lagoons and ascending river courses; (Nicaragua) PN and Ni (Pacific); 0–6 masl; Per, Dia, Amp. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; LC (2019), population trend unknown. Literature: Bussing (1998: 265; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), Robertson & Allen (2015: 1088; detailed description, including illustrations, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology) and Angulo (2021: 40; 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: Bussing (1998: 265; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), Angulo et al. (2013: 998; listed, including taxonomic information and distributional data) and Robertson & Allen (2015: 1088; 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: Eastern Pacific Ocean; from southern Baja California and the Gulf of California, Mexico, to northern Peru; entering estuaries and littoral lagoons and ascending river courses; Costa Rica: Ni, Te, Be, Ba, Ta, Pi, Tr and Co (Pacific), 0 – 250 m. a. s. l., Per, Dia.
New records and range extensions to the Costa Rican freshwater fish fauna, with an updated checklist
vernacular_names
Bigeye Snook, Blackfin Snook; Róbalo Aleta Manchada, Róbalo Aleta Prieta, Róbalo Ojón, Gualaje Aleta Manchada.
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 2369641.