Common Snook vs Zander

Centropomus undecimalis comparado com Sander lucioperca

Taxonomy & Classification

Atributo	Common Snook	Zander
Nome Científico	Centropomus undecimalis	Sander lucioperca
Ordem	Perciformes	Perciformes
Família	Centrachidae	Percidae
Conservation Status	Least Concern	Least Concern

Physical Traits

Atributo	Common Snook	Zander
Comprimento Máximo	140,0 cm	130,0 cm
Peso Máximo	24,3 kg	20,0 kg
Cor	Pale golden-olive to grayish-brown back with silvery flanks; a bold black lateral stripe runs from the operculum to the tail; belly pale yellow-white; fins are yellowish with a dusky posterior dorsal fin.	Greenish-gray to olive body with 8–10 dark olive-brown vertical bars or saddle blotches; flanks finely mottled; belly whitish; first dorsal fin with dark-spotted rays; large glassy eyes adapted for low light.

Habitat & Environment

Atributo	Common Snook	Zander
Tipo de Água	Freshwater & Saltwater	Brackish
Faixa de Profundidade	?-22m	2-30m
Distribuição Geográfica	Western Atlantic from South Carolina south through the Gulf of Mexico, entire Caribbean, and along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of Central America to Brazil. …	Native to river systems and large lakes of northern and central Europe and western Asia, including the Volga, Danube, Rhine, and Baltic Sea drainages. Tolerates …
Habitat	Neritic, estuaries	Estuaries

Informações de Pesca

Atributo	Common Snook	Zander
Peixe Esportivo	Sim	Sim
Classificação de Resistência	8/10	6/10
Recorde Mundial	—	—
Nível de Mercúrio	—	—

Cuisine & Edibility

Common Snook

Sweet, firm white flesh with a mild, clean flavor; low fat and large flakes. Highly regarded as table fare in Florida and the Caribbean; excellent grilled, blackened, or pan-seared.

Zander

Lean, firm white flesh with a delicate, mild flavor and nearly no fat; boneless fillets are easy to work with. The most prized freshwater eating fish in Central and Eastern Europe.

Species Overview

Common Snook

The common snook is a prized inshore game fish found in tropical western Atlantic waters. It is highly sensitive to cold water and cannot survive temperatures below 12 degrees Celsius. Its lateral line is distinctive — a bold black stripe.

Zander

The zander is the European equivalent of the walleye and one of the most prized freshwater predators in Europe. Its excellent low-light vision makes it a crepuscular hunter. Its delicate white flesh is considered among the finest of freshwater fish.