FAMILY Centropomidae Poey, 1867 - snooks [=?Centropomatei, Centropomi, Centropomatida, Oxylabracidae] Notes: ?Centropomatei Gravenhorst, 1843:348 [ref. 32622] (family) ?? Centropomus [genus not mentioned, probably not based on Centropomus, not available] Centropomi van der Hoeven, 1855:412 [ref. 2182] (no family-group name) Centropomatida Poey, 1867:205 [ref. 32247] (family) Centropomus [also as Centropomatidi in Poey 1868:280 [ref. 3505]; stem corrected to Centropom- by Gill 1872:11 [ref. 26254], confirmed by Jordan 1923a:190 [ref. 2421], by Nelson 1976:219 [ref. 32838] and by Nelson 2006:342 [ref. 32486]; senior objective synonym of Oxylabracidae Jordan & Thompson, 1905] Oxylabracidae Jordan & Thompson, 1905:239 [ref. 2538] (family) Oxylabrax [also Jordan 1905:319 [ref. 31955]; junior objective synonym of Centropomatida Poey, 1867, invalid, Article 61.3.2] GENUS Centropomus Lacepede, 1802 - snooks [=Centropomus Lacepède [B. G. E.], 1802:248, Macrocephalus Bleeker [P.] (ex Browne), 1876:336, Oxylabrax Bleeker [P.], 1876:264, Platycephalus Miranda Ribeiro [A. de], 1902:3, 7] Notes: [ref. 4929]. Masc. Centropomus undecimradiatus Lacepède, 1802 (= Sciaena undecimalis Bloch 1792). Type by subsequent designation. Type is Sciaena undecimalis Bloch, renamed by Lacepède as S. undecimradiatus. Type designated by Gill 1861:48 [ref. 1768]. Spelled Centropoma by Duméril 1806:333 [ref. 1151]. •Valid as Centropomus Lacepède, 1802 -- (Fraser 1968 [ref. 21275], Rivas 1986:579 [ref. 5210], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:250 [ref. 24550], Orrell 2003:1287 [ref. 27053], Li et al. 2011:463 [ref. 32081]). Current status: Valid as Centropomus Lacepède, 1802. Centropomidae. (Macrocephalus) [ref. 448]. Masc. Sciaena undecimalis Bloch, 1792. Not available, name published in synonymy of Oxylabrax Bleeker; apparently never made available. •In the synonymy of Centropomus Lacepède, 1802. Current status: Synonym of Centropomus Lacepède, 1802. Centropomidae. (Oxylabrax) [ref. 447]. Masc. Sciaena undecimalis Bloch, 1792. Type by being a replacement name. Unneeded replacement for Centropomus Lacepède, 1802. •Objective synonym of Centropomus Lacepède, 1802 -- (Rivas 1986:587 [ref. 5210], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:250 [ref. 24550]). Current status: Synonym of Centropomus Lacepède, 1802. Centropomidae. (Platycephalus) [ref. 3710]. Masc. Sciaena undecimalis Bloch, 1792. Apparently not an original description. Miranda Ribeiro used Platycephalus Bloch & Schneider, 1801:58 [ref. 471] for Centropomus undecimalis, but Platycephalus Bloch, 1795 (in Platycephalidae) predates use by Bloch & Schneider 1801. •In the synonymy of Centropomus Lacepède, 1802. Current status: Synonym of Centropomus Lacepède, 1802. Centropomidae. Species Centropomus armatus Gill, 1863 - armed snook [=Centropomus armatus Gill [T. N.], 1863:163, Centropomus atridorsalis Regan [C. T.], 1903:627, Centropomus brevis Günther [A.], 1864:145] Notes: [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 15; ref. 1681] Panama Bay, (Pacific) Panama. Current status: Valid as Centropomus armatus Gill, 1863. Centropomidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Mexico to Ecuador. Habitat: brackish, marine. (atridorsalis) [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7) v. 12 (no. 72) (art. 64); ref. 13401] Río Vaqueria near La Tola, northwestern Ecuador. Current status: Synonym of Centropomus armatus Gill, 1863. Centropomidae. Habitat: brackish, marine. (brevis) [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864 (pt 1); ref. 13930] Tropical America, specific locality unknown. Current status: Synonym of Centropomus armatus Gill, 1863. Centropomidae. Habitat: brackish, marine. Species Centropomus ensiferus Poey, 1860 - swordspine snook [=Centropomus ensiferus Poey [F.], 1860:122, Pl. 12 (fig. 1), Centropomus affinis Steindachner [F.], 1864:37, Centropomus macrochirus Poey [F.], 1955:245, Centropomus scaber Bocourt [F.], 1868:90] Notes: [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Cuba. Current status: Valid as Centropomus ensiferus Poey, 1860. Centropomidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Florida (U.S.A.) to Central America and to Brazil. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (affinis) [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe v. 1 (no. 5); ref. 21705] Demerara, Guyana; Rio de Janeiro and Cajutuba, Brazil. Current status: Synonym of Centropomus ensiferus Poey, 1860. Centropomidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (macrochirus) [Ictiologia Cubana. Posthumous transcription of original unpublished manuscript (1884) by M. Sánchez Roig and F. Gómez de la Maza v. 1; ref. 22481] Cuba. Current status: Synonym of Centropomus ensiferus Poey, 1860. Centropomidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (scaber) [Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris (Zoologie et Paléontologie) (Sér. 5) v. 9; ref. 16972] Belize. Current status: Synonym of Centropomus ensiferus Poey, 1860. Centropomidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. Species Centropomus medius Gunther, 1864 - blackfin snook [=Centropomus medius Günther [A.], 1864:144, Centropomus grandoculatus Jenkins [O. P.] & Evermann [B. W.], 1889:139] Notes: [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864 (pt 1); ref. 13930] Chiapam, Guatemala. Current status: Valid as Centropomus medius Günther, 1864. Centropomidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Baja California to Colombia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (grandoculatus) [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 11 (no. 698); ref. 2342] Guaymas, Sonora, western Mexico. Current status: Synonym of Centropomus medius Günther, 1864. Centropomidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. Species Centropomus mexicanus Bocourt, 1868 - largescale fat snook [=Centropomus mexicanus Bocourt [F.], 1868:90, Centropomus constantinus Jordan [D. S.] & Starks [E. C.], in Jordan & Evermann, 1896:1125, Centropomus gabbi Fowler [H. W.], 1906:423, Fig. 1, Centropomus pellegrini Puyo [J.], 1936:213, Fig. 41] Notes: [Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris (Zoologie et Paléontologie) (Sér. 5) v. 9; ref. 16972] Oaxaca, Mexico. Current status: Valid as Centropomus mexicanus Bocourt, 1868. Centropomidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Florida (U.S.A.) and the Caribbean to Brazil. Habitat: brackish, marine. (constantinus) [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 47; ref. 2443] Bahia, Brazil. Current status: Synonym of Centropomus mexicanus Bocourt, 1868. Centropomidae. Habitat: brackish, marine. (gabbi) [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 58; ref. 15658] Eastern Dominican Republic. Current status: Synonym of Centropomus mexicanus Bocourt, 1868. Centropomidae. Habitat: brackish, marine. (pellegrini) [Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse v. 70; ref. 15298] Marais Leolong, Cayenne, French Guiana. Current status: Synonym of Centropomus mexicanus Bocourt, 1868. Centropomidae. Habitat: brackish, marine. Species Centropomus nigrescens Gunther, 1864 - black snook [=Centropomus nigrescens Günther [A.], 1864:144] Notes: [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864 (pt 1); ref. 13930] Chiapam, Guatemala. Current status: Valid as Centropomus nigrescens Günther, 1864. Centropomidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Mexico to Colombia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. Species Centropomus parallelus Poey, 1860 - fat snook [=Centropomus parallelus Poey [F.], 1860:120, Pl. 13 (figs. 2, 3), Centropomus heringi Fowler [H. W.], 1906:425, Fig. 2] Notes: [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Havana, Cuba. Current status: Valid as Centropomus parallelus Poey, 1860. Centropomidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Florida (U.S.A.) to Central America and to Brazil. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (heringi) [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 58; ref. 15658] Suriname. Current status: Synonym of Centropomus parallelus Poey, 1860. Centropomidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. Species Centropomus pectinatus Poey, 1860 - tarpon snook [=Centropomus pectinatus Poey [F.], 1860:121, Pl. 13 (fig. 6), Centropomus cuvieri Bocourt [F.], 1868:91, Centropomus pedimacula Poey [F.], 1860:122, Pl. 13 (figs. 4-5)] Notes: [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Havana, Cuba. Current status: Valid as Centropomus pectinatus Poey, 1860. Centropomidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Florida (U.S.A.) to Central America and to Brazil. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (cuvieri) [Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris (Zoologie et Paléontologie) (Sér. 5) v. 9; ref. 16972] Santo Domingo. Current status: Synonym of Centropomus pectinatus Poey, 1860. Centropomidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (pedimacula) [Memorias sobre la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba v. 2; ref. 3499] Cienfuegos, Cuba. Current status: Synonym of Centropomus pectinatus Poey, 1860. Centropomidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. Species Centropomus poeyi Chavez, 1961 - Mexican snook [=Centropomus poeyi Chávez [H.], 1961:75, Fig. 1] Notes: [Ciencia (Mexico City) v. 21 (no. 2); ref. 9305] Laguna de Alvarado, Veracruz, Mexico, Gulf of Mexico. Current status: Valid as Centropomus poeyi Chávez, 1961. Centropomidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Caribbean. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. Species Centropomus robalito Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 - yellowfin snook [=Centropomus robalito Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.], 1882:462] Notes: [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 4 (no. 254); ref.