Tarpon snook
Centropomus pectinatus Poey, 1860
Also calledBaileta (fra) · Baileta, Constantino, Crossie constantin, Robalito, Robalo (fra) · Crossie constantin (fra) · Robalito (fra) · Robalo (fra) · Robalo Constantino (spa) · Robalo-espelhado (por) · constantino (spa) · robalo hřebenitý (ces) · róbalo prieto (spa) · Темнопёрый робало (rus)
First described in: Poey, F. (1858-1861). Memorias sobra la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba, acompañadas de sumarios Latinos y extractos en Francés. 2: 1-96 (1858), 97-336 (1860), 337-442 (1861), pls. 1-19; La Habana ["1856-1858"].
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
Centropomus pectinatus Poey 1860
Centropomus pectinatus Poey 1860 (Fig. 8A). Tarpon Snook; Róbalo Constantino, Constantino, Róbalo Prieto, Gualaje del Atlántico, Kalwa Vouchers: (other collections) UF 233393 (1) and 233786 (1). Distribution: Western Atlantic Ocean; from southern Florida, USA, to southern Brazil; entering estuaries and littoral lagoons and ascending river courses; (Nicaragua) Es, BF, To, Sa, SJ, RF and LN (Atlantic); 0–31 masl; Per, Dia, Amp. Occurrence and conservation status: Nat; LC (2019), population trend unknown. Literature: Villa (1982: 160; detailed description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution and ecology), Bussing (1998: 269; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), González-Alemán (2006: 31; brief description, including an illustration, and information on distribution and ecology), van den Berghe (2015: 46; listed, including an illustration and information on distribution and ecology), Robertson & Van Tassell (2019: 3460; detailed description, including illustrations, and information on distribution, with a map, and ecology) and Angulo (2021: 41; li
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 (1966: 237; listed, information on distribution), Bussing (1987: 169; 1998: 269; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), Angulo et al. (2013: 999; listed, including taxonomic information and distributional data) and Robertson & Van Tassell (2019: 3460; 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 – 12 m. a. s. l., Per, Dia.
New records and range extensions to the Costa Rican freshwater fish fauna, with an updated checklist
vernacular_names
Tarpon Snook; Róbalo Constantino, Constantino, Róbalo Prieto, Gualaje del Atlántico.
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 2369642.