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Snook or Snoek
Snoek

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

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

  • Fish in the family
    • Centropomidae
      Centropomidae

      The Centropomidae are a single genus family of freshwater and seawater fishes in order Perciformes, including the common snook or r?balo, Centropomus undecimalis....
       especially the common snook
      Common snook

      The common snook is a species of seawater fish in the family Centropomidae of the order Perciformes. This species is native to the coastal waters of the western Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea, from southern Florida and Texas to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil....
      .
    • Gempylidae (Snake Mackerels)
    • Percidae
      Percidae

      The Percidae are a family of perciform fish found in fresh and brackish waters of the Northern Hemisphere. The family contains about 200 species in ten genera....
       (Perches)
    • Scombridae
      Scombridae

      Scombridae is the family of the mackerels, tunas, and bonitos, and thus includes many of the most important and familiar food fishes. The family consists of about 55 species in 15 genera and two subfamilies....
       (Mackerels, tunas, bonitos), subfamily: Scombrinae
    • Sphyraenidae (Barracudas)
    • Trichiuridae (Cutlassfishes), subfamily: Lepidopinae
    • Escoidae
    • Muraenesocidae
      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)


  • Several other unrelated fishes:
    • Bay snook, Petenia splendida.
    • Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel
      Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel

      The narrow-barred Spanish mackerel or maittya, Scomberomorus commerson, is a mackerel of the Scombridae family, found in the Bay of Bengal and Arabian sea....
      , Scomberomorus commerson.
    • Australian barracuda
      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, found in tropical and subtropical waters of the east Indian Ocean, around Australia and New Guinea, and between North Cape and East Cape...
      , Sphyraena novaehollandiae.
    • Southern sennet, Sphyraena picudilla.
    • Snook shark or Caribbean sharpnose shark
      Caribbean sharpnose shark

      The Caribbean sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon porosus, is a requiem shark of the family Carcharhinidae, found in the tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean between latitudes 28th parallel north and 40th parallel south, from the surface to 500 m....
      , Rhizoprionodon porosus.


Snook may also refer to:
  • The city of Snook, Texas
    Snook, Texas

    Snook is a city in Burleson County, Texas, Texas, United States. The population was 568 at the 2000 census.Snook is home to Frank Sodolak of Sodolak's Original Country Inn, the inventor and first known restaurant to serve chicken fried bacon....
    .
  • James H. Snook
    James H. Snook

    James Howard Snook was an Ohio athlete and physician convicted and executed for murder.Snook was a member of the U.S. Olympic Pistol Team, which won a Gold Medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium....
    , convicted murderer, Olympic medalist, and inventor of the snook hook.
  • A fictional sloth and the main character in the children's television show It's a Big Big World
    It's a Big Big World

    It's A Big Big World is an United States children's television show on PBS Kids, that debuted January 2, 2006. It was originally part of Miss Lori and Hooper's schedule block, but it was replaced in that block on September 3, 2007, though it still airs as part of most stations' PBS Kids lineup....
    .
  • Snook
    Snook (comedian)

    Snook, the alter-ego of Peter Soucy, is a Newfoundland and Labrador comedian and actor....
    , a Canadian comedian.
  • Snook
    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 renew it....
    , a rap group based in Sweden
    Sweden

    Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
    .


Two ships of the United States Navy
United States Navy

The United States Navy is the navy of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy currently has approximately 331,682 personnel on active duty as of 31 December 2008 and 124,000 in the United States Navy Reserve....
 have borne the name USS Snook:
  • The first, Snook (SS-279)
    USS Snook (SS-279)

    USS Snook , a Gato class submarine submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the common snook, an Atlantic seawater fish that is bluish-gray above and silvery below a black lateral line....
    , was a     Gato-class
    Gato class submarine

    The United States Navy Gato class submarine design was the forerunner of all US World War II submarine designs....
     submarine
    Submarine

    A submarine is a watercraft capable of independent operation below water. It differs from a submersible, which has only limited underwater capability....
    , launched in 1942 and lost in 1945, of unknown causes.
  • The second, Snook (SSN-592)
    USS Snook (SSN-592)

    USS Snook , a Skipjack class submarine submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the common snook, an Atlantic seawater fish that is bluish-gray above and silvery below a black lateral line....
    , was a     Skipjack-class
    Skipjack class submarine

    The Skipjack class of United States Navy nuclear attack submarine was the replacement for the Skate class submarine. A new design from the keel up, they were the first submarines to use a nuclear reactor in an teardrop hull: a round hull with a single shaft....
     submarine, launched in 1960 and struck in 1986.