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title: "Binnensnoek"
description: "Centropomus undecimalis — Vissen. The common snook (Centropomus undecimalis) is a species of marine fish in the family Centropomidae of the order Carangiformes."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/common-snook
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Binnensnoek

> Centropomus undecimalis — Vissen. The common snook (Centropomus undecimalis) is a species of marine fish in the family Centropomidae of the order Carangiformes.

- Scientific name: *Centropomus undecimalis*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 2480
- Wikidata: [Q1914539](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1914539)
- iNaturalist taxon: [49437](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49437)

## Names

- en: Common Snook
- de: Gewöhnlicher Snook
- es: Robalo blanco
- fr: Loubine
- nl: Binnensnoek
- pt: Robalo-branco

## Countries with the most observations

US (1773), MX (184), BR (29), HN (21), BL (14), PR (14), CO (12), BZ (7), GF (7), GP (7), MQ (7), PA (7)

## Summary

The common snook (Centropomus undecimalis) is a species of marine fish in the family Centropomidae of the order Carangiformes. The common snook is also known as the sergeant fish or robalo. It was originally assigned to the sciaenid genus Sciaena; Sciaena undecimradiatus and Centropomus undecimradiatus are obsolete synonyms for the species.
One of the largest snooks, C. undecimalis grows to a maximum overall length of 140 cm (4.6 ft). The common length is 50 cm (1.6 ft). The IGFA world record is 24.32 kg (53 lb 10 oz) caught in Parismina Ranch, Costa Rica, by Rafael Montalvo. Of typical centropomid form, it possesses…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_snook

## Photo

![Binnensnoek](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-snook/medium.jpg)

Photo: natalie · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/339590631

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-snook?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).