Snook, Snooks, or Snoek may refer to:
Fishes
* Family
Centropomidae
''Centropomus'' is a genus of predominantly marine fish comprising the family Centropomidae. The type species is ''Centropomus undecimalis'', the common snook. Commonly known as snooks or ''róbalos'', the ''Centropomus'' species are native to t ...
(snooks)
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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 o ...
* Family
Esocidae
Esocidae is a family of fish in the order Esociformes, which contains pike, pickerel, and mudminnows. While the family traditionally only contained the genus ''Esox'', recent genetic and paleontological research have recovered ''Novumbra'' and ' ...
(pikes)
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Haplochromis insidiae''
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Northern pike
The northern pike (''Esox lucius'') is a species of carnivorous fish of the genus '' Esox'' (the pikes). They are typical of brackish and fresh waters of the Northern Hemisphere (''i.e.'' holarctic in distribution). They are known simply as a ...
* Family
Gempylidae
The Gempylidae are a family of perciform fishes commonly known as snake mackerels or escolars. The family includes about 25 species.
They are elongated fishes with a similar appearance to barracudas, having a long dorsal fin, usually with one or ...
(snake mackerels)
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Blacksail snake mackerel
The blacksail snake mackerel (''Thyrsitoides marleyi''), known also as the black snoek, is a species of snake mackerel found in the Indo-Pacific from shallow water to a depth of at least where they appear to prefer slopes on seamounts and ridges ...
or black snoek
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Thyrsites'' ("snoek", popular in the Cape region of South Africa, this was also consumed in the United Kingdom during World War II)
* Family
Muraenesocidae
The Muraenesocidae, or pike congers, are a small family of marine eels found worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas. Some species are known to enter brackish water.
Pike congers have cylindrical bodies, scaleless skin, narrow heads with large ...
(pike congers)
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Pike eel
The Muraenesocidae, or pike congers, are a small family of marine eels found worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas. Some species are known to enter brackish water.
Pike congers have cylindrical bodies, scaleless skin, narrow heads with large ...
* Family
Percidae
The Percidae are a family of ray-finned fish, part of the order Perciformes, which are found in fresh and brackish waters of the Northern Hemisphere. The majority are Nearctic, but there are also Palearctic species. The family contains more than ...
(perches)
* Family
Scombridae
The mackerel, tuna, and bonito family, Scombridae, includes many of the most important and familiar food fishes. The family consists of 51 species in 15 genera and two subfamilies. All species are in the subfamily Scombrinae, except the butterfly ...
(mackerels, tunas, bonitos), subfamily: Scombrinae
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Kanadi kingfish
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Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel, ''Scomberomorus commerson''
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Barracuda
A barracuda, or cuda for short, is a large, predatory, ray-finned fish known for its fearsome appearance and ferocious behaviour. The barracuda is a saltwater fish of the genus ''Sphyraena'', the only genus in the family Sphyraenidae, which was ...
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Australian barracuda
The Australian barracuda, arrow barracuda, Australian sea pike, sea pike, snook, or shortfin barracuda, ''Sphyraena novaehollandiae'', is a barracuda of the genus '' Sphyraena'' which occurs in the south-western Pacific Ocean.
Description
The Au ...
, ''Sphyraena novaehollandiae''
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Cutlassfish
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Silver scabbardfish
The silver scabbardfish (''Lepidopus caudatus''), also known as the frostfish or beltfish is a benthopelagic cutlassfish of the family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recogniz ...
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Petenia splendida
''Petenia splendida'', the bay snook, is a species of cichlid from Mexico and northern Central America. It is important to local commercial fisheries.
Description
This piscivorous species can reach a length of SL. These fishes have a laterall ...
'', bay snook
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Southern sennet, ''Sphyraena picudilla''
* Snook shark or
Caribbean sharpnose shark
The Caribbean sharpnose shark (''Rhizoprionodon porosus'') is a requiem shark, and part of the family Carcharhinidae.
Distribution and habitat
It is found in the tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean
The Caribbean ...
, ''Rhizoprionodon porosus''
Places
United States
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Rancho San Bernardo (Snook) Rancho San Bernardo was a Mexican land grant in present-day San Diego County, California with two square leagues given in 1842 by Governor Juan B. Alvarado and an additional two square leagues given in 1845 by Governor Pío Pico to José Franci ...
, a Mexican land grant in present-day San Diego County, California
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Snook, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community
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Snook, Texas, a city
People
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Snook (surname), multiple people with this name, or variations Snooks, Snookes etc.
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Snoek (surname), multiple people with this name, or variations Snoeck, Snoeks etc.
Art, entertainment, and media
Fictional entities
* A fictional sloth and the main character in the children's television show ''
It's a Big Big World''
* A skunk who is a one-shot character in the episode "Smellorama" on ''
Bear in the Big Blue House''
Music
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Snook (band)
Snook () is a Swedish rap group from Stockholm. The group consists of Oskar "Kihlen" Linnros and Daniel "Danne" Adams-Ray. The group often makes fun of traditional rap and tries to reinvent it. They have released two full-length albums and se ...
, a rap group based in Sweden
Transportation
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Audi Snook, a single-wheeled concept vehicle
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USS ''Snook'', United States Navy ships
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