Swordspine Snook

Centropomus ensiferus

Category: Reef Fish

IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction

Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Teleostei

Order

Carangaria incertae sedis

Family

Centropomidae

Genus

Centropomus

WoRMS Database

Where to Find

Found in 23 diving areas across 15 countries and 3 regions.

• South Coast, Barbados - 1 records
• West Coast, Barbados - 1 records
• Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 1 records
• Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 1 records
• Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 1 records
• Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 1 records
• Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 2 records
• Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 1 records
• Diamond Rock, Martinique - 8 records
• Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 5 records
• La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 6 records
• Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 6 records
• Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 8 records
• Soufriere & The Pitons, St. Lucia - 8 records
• St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 1 records
• St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 1 records
• Ambergris Caye, Belize - 8 records
• Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 6 records
• Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 3 records
• Roatán, Honduras - 3 records
• Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 6 records
• Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 1 records
• Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 38066 records