smallscale fat snook
Centropomus parallelus Poey, 1860
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Centropomus parallelus at Santos, Brazil, May 2011
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Open encyclopedia reference
Centropomus parallelus is a species of fish in the family Centropomidae, the snooks and robalos. It is known by several common names, including fat snook, smallscale fat snook, little snook, and chucumite. It is native to the western Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico, its distribution extending from southern Florida in the United States to southern Brazil near Florianópolis.
Wikipedia contributors, Centropomus parallelus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T09:04:42.475320+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Centropomus parallelus Poey, 1860
- Name authority
- Poey, 1860
- Common name
- smallscale fat snook
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Family
- Centropomidae
- Genus
- Centropomus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- familyCentropomidae Poey, 1967
- genusCentropomus Lacepède, 1802
- speciesCentropomus parallelus Poey, 1860
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Centropomus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| longspine snookCentropomus armatus Gill, 1863 | CentropomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Centropomus irae Carvalho-Filho, Oliveira, Soares & Araripe, 2019 | CentropomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| black snookCentropomus nigrescens Günther, 1864 | CentropomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mexican snookCentropomus poeyi Chávez, 1961 | CentropomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| yellowfin snookCentropomus robalito Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 | CentropomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Centropomus heringi Fowler, 1906 Fowler, 1906 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Poey, F. (1858). 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”]. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:SB4P. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.