Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Centropomus viridis
robalo, robalo plateado, robalo blanco., White snook
Size> To length 1.5 m.
Natural History: Snook are considered an excellent food fish among the Galapagos. Caught on hand- casted lines with silverside or thread herring bait, the catch is relatively low and of no commercial significance.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Carangaria incertae sedis
Family
Centropomidae
Genus
Centropomus
Species
viridis
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Distribution: Restricted to the eastern Pacific from Asuncion Island on the outer coast of Baja California and the Gulf of California to Peru, and Galapagos.
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Grove, J.S. Lavenberg, R.J. (1997) The Fishes of the Galapagos Islands. Stanford University Press, Stanford California. 862 pp.
- McCosker, J.E. Rosenblatt, R.H. (2010) The fishes of the Galápagos Archipelago: an update. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., Ser. 4, vol. 61, Suppl. II, no. 11: 167-195.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Centropomus viridis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=13254. Accessed 31 October 2026.