Editing Common snook (section)

===Reproductive ecology===
The common snook is a [[protandric]] hermaphrodite fish species.<ref name="Perera-García">{{cite journal|last1=Perera-García|first1=M.A.|last2=Mendoza-Carranza|first2=M.|last3=Contreras-Sánchez|first3=W.M.|last4=Huerta-Ortíz|first4=M.|last5=Pérez-Sánchez|first5=E.|title=Reproductive biology of common snook Centropomus undecimalis (Perciformes: Centropomidae) in two tropical habitats|journal=Revista de Biología Tropical|date=2011|volume=59|issue=2|pages=669–681|pmid=21717854 |url=http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?pid=S0034-77442011000200011&script=sci_arttext&tlng=en}}</ref> Its spawning season spans from April to October. The peak spawning occurs during July and August.<ref name=Tucker>{{cite journal|last1=Tucker|first1=J.W.|last2=Campbell|first2=S.W.|title=Spawning season of common snook along the east central Florida coast|journal=Florida Scientist|date=1988|volume=51|issue=1|pages=1–6|url=https://84a69b9b8cf67b1fcf87220d0dabdda34414436b-www.googledrive.com/host/0B0PLtJjhTxnkZDAzOGQxY2EtOTIzOS00ZjlkLWJhYmMtYWYzY2QwYmQ2ZjFi/Books/F/Florida%20Scientist,%20QUARTERLY%20JOURNAL%20of%20the%20FLORIDA%20ACADEMY%20OF%20SCIENCES/Florida%20Scientist,%20QUARTERLY%20JOURNAL%20of%20the%20FLORIDA%20ACADEMY%20OF%20SCIENCES%20VOL%2051-1-1988.pdf#page=3|access-date=2014-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728092246/https://84a69b9b8cf67b1fcf87220d0dabdda34414436b-www.googledrive.com/host/0B0PLtJjhTxnkZDAzOGQxY2EtOTIzOS00ZjlkLWJhYmMtYWYzY2QwYmQ2ZjFi/Books/F/Florida%20Scientist,%20QUARTERLY%20JOURNAL%20of%20the%20FLORIDA%20ACADEMY%20OF%20SCIENCES/Florida%20Scientist,%20QUARTERLY%20JOURNAL%20of%20the%20FLORIDA%20ACADEMY%20OF%20SCIENCES%20VOL%2051-1-1988.pdf#page=3|archive-date=2014-07-28|url-status=dead}}</ref> Spawning typically occurs in near-shore waters with high [[Salinity|salinities]].<ref name=Gracia-Lopez>{{cite journal|last1=Gracia-Lopez|first1=V.|last2=Rosas-Vazquez|first2=C.|last3=Brito-Perez|first3=R.|title=Effects of salinity on physiological conditions in juvenile common snook ''Centropomus undecimalis''|journal=Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A|date=2006|volume=145|issue=3|pages=340–345|doi=10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.07.008|pmid=16934510}}</ref> Following the spawning period, the [[Juvenile (organism)|juveniles]] then migrate to the [[brackish water]]s of the nearby [[estuarine]] environments.<ref name=Gracia-Lopez /> When these juveniles mature, they return to the higher-salinity waters of the open ocean to join the breeding population.<ref name=Gracia-Lopez />