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Centropomus mexicanus Bocourt 1868

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Description

Centropomus mexicanus Bocourt, 1868.

Largescale Fat Snook; Róbalo Gordo.

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.

Occurrence and conservation status: Nat, LC.

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).

Notes

Published as part of Angulo, Arturo, 2021, New records and range extensions to the Costa Rican freshwater fish fauna, with an updated checklist, pp. 1-72 in Zootaxa 5083 (1) on page 41, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5083.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5800630

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Bocourt
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Perciformes
Family
Centropomidae
Genus
Centropomus
Species
mexicanus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Centropomus mexicanus Bocourt, 1868 sec. Angulo, 2021

References

  • Robertson, D. R. & Van Tassell, J. (2019) Shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean: online information system. Version 2.0 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama. Available from: https: // biogeodb. stri. si. edu / caribbean / en / pages (accessed 27 August 2021).