Snoek

Snoek

:"For the show jumper see Hendrik Snoek":"If looking for other meanings and uses beyond fish please go to Snook"

Snoek or Snook is used in various forms as the common name used for several species of fish.

Order Perciformes (Perch-like)

* Family Centropomidae (Snooks)
** Centropomus ensiferus
** Centropomus parallelus
** Centropomus undecimalis
* Family Gempylidae (Snake Mackerels)
** Thyrsites atun -- native to the Southern Hemisphere and name used in Great Britain and United States is Snoek while in Australia and New Zealand the name can be "barracouta" which is in no way related to barracuda.
** Thyrsitoides marleyi -- Called "Swart snoek" and Black Snoek in South Africa; Black Snoek in U.S., Great Britain
* Family Percidae (Perches)
**Sander canadensis -- Known as Canadese snoekbaars in the Netherlands
* Family Scombridae (Mackerels, tunas, bonitos), subfamily: Scombrinae
**Scomberomorus plurilineatus -- Natal snoek in South Africa
* Family Sphyraenidae (Barracudas)
**Sphyraena japonica -- Japanese Barracuda, called Snoek in Great Britain
**Sphyraena jello -- known as the Pickhandle barracuda and snoek in the Mauritius
**Sphyraena picudilla -- called Southern sennet and Rond Snoeke in the Antilles
* Family Trichiuridae (Cutlassfishes), subfamily: Lepidopinae
**Lepidopus caudatus -- known as bottersnoek in South Africa and Namibia

Order Esociformes (pikes and mudminnows)

*Family Escoidae
**Haplochromis insidiae -- Found in Lake Kivu, Rwanda called Snoeks' Kivu haplo

Order Anguilliformes (eels and morays)

*Family Muraenesocidae (Pike congers)
**Muraenesox bagio -- known in South Africa as the Snoekpaling

References

[http://filaman.ifm-geomar.de/ Fishbase]


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  • Snoek — (Thyrsites atun) Systematik Barschverwandte (Percomorpha) Ordnung …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • snoek — snoek; snoek·ing; …   English syllables

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  • Snoek-Effekt — Der Snoek Effekt [snuːk], benannt nach seinem Entdecker, dem Niederländer Snoek, ist ein mechanisches Dämpfungsphänomen, das in Metallen mit kubisch raumzentrierter Kristallstruktur und teilbesetzten Oktaederlücken auftritt. Im unbelasteten… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • snoek — noun a) An edible fish Thyrsites atun native to South African (Cape), South American and Australian waters, often smoked or salted. b) Loosely applied to the queen mackerel Scomberomorous lineolatus in Natal …   Wiktionary

  • snoek — [snu:k] noun South African term for barracouta. Origin Afrik. from Du., pike ; cf. snook2 …   English new terms dictionary

  • snoek — /snuk/ (say snoohk) noun 1. (in Australia) usually the barracouta. 2. (elsewhere) variously the barracouta or the barracuda. {Afrikaans} …  

  • snoek — n. S.Afr. a barracouta. Etymology: Afrik. f. Du., = PIKE(1), f. MLG snok, prob. rel. to SNACK …   Useful english dictionary

  • Hendrik Snoek — (* 2. April 1948 in Münster, Westfalen[1]) ist ein ehemaliger deutscher Springreiter und Geschäftsführer der RATIO Unternehmensgruppe. Bekanntheit erlangte er ebenfalls durch seine Entführung im November 1976. Leben Snoek wuchs in einer… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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