Editing Common snook (section)

{{Short description|Species of fish}}
{{redirect|Róbalo|the fish from southern South America|Eleginopidae|the fish consumed in South Africa ("snoek")|Thyrsites}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Centropomus.jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Mendonça, J.T. |author2=Chao, L. |author3=Albieri, R.J. |author4=Giarrizzo, T. |author5=da Silva, F.M.S. |author6=Castro, M.G. |author7=Brick Peres, M. |author8=Villwock de Miranda, L. |author9=Vieira, J.P. |date=2019 |title=''Centropomus undecimalis'' |volume=2019 |page=e.T191835A82665184 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T191835A82665184.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref>
| taxon = Centropomus undecimalis
| authority = ([[Marcus Elieser Bloch|Bloch]], 1792)
| synonyms = ''Sciaena undecimalis'' <small>Bloch, 1792</small>
| synonyms_ref  = <ref name = Fishbase>{{FishBase|Centropomus|unidecimalis|month=December|year=2019}}</ref>
| range_map = Centropomus undecimalis mapa.svg
| range_map_caption = Range map of the common snook
}}

The '''common snook''' ('''''Centropomus undecimalis''''') is a [[species]] of [[Seawater|marine]] [[fish]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Centropomidae]] of the [[order (biology)|order]] [[Perciformes]]. The common snook is also known as the '''sergeant fish''' or '''robalo'''. It was originally assigned to the [[Sciaenidae|sciaenid]] genus ''[[Sciaena]];'' ''Sciaena undecimradiatus'' and ''Centropomus undecimradiatus'' are obsolete synonyms for the species.

One of the largest [[Centropomidae|snooks]], ''C. undecimalis'' grows to a maximum overall length of {{convert|140|cm|ft|abbr=on}}. The common length is  {{convert|50|cm|ft|abbr=on}}. The IGFA world record is {{convert|24.32|kg|lboz|abbr=on}} caught in Parismina Ranch, Costa Rica, by Rafael Montalvo.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wrec.igfa.org/WRecordsList.aspx?lc=AllTackle&cn=Snook,%20common|title=IGFA World Record - All Tackle Records - Snook, common|work=igfa.org|access-date=24 June 2016}}</ref><ref name = Fishbase/> Of typical centropomid form, it possesses drab coloration except for a distinctive black [[lateral line]]. It can also have bright yellow pelvic and [[caudal fin]]s, especially during spawn.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eol.org/pages/205157/details#diagnostic_description|title=Common Snook - Centropomus undecimalis - Details - Encyclopedia of Life|work=eol.org|access-date=24 June 2016}}</ref>