Snook
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Snook or Snoek
may refer to:
Snook may also refer to:
Two ships of the United States Navy
have borne the name USS Snook:
Snoek
-People with the surname Snoek:*Hendrik Snoek - Belgian show jumper*Paul Snoek - Belgian poetSnoek or Snook is used in various forms as the common name for several species of fish...
may refer to:
- Fish in the family
- CentropomidaeCentropomidaeThe Centropomidae are a single genus family of freshwater and marine fishes in Order Perciformes, including the common snook or róbalo, Centropomus undecimalis...
especially the common snookCommon snookThe common snook is a species of marine 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...
. - Gempylidae (Snake Mackerels)
- PercidaePercidaeThe 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) - ScombridaeScombridaeScombridae 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
- Esocidae (pikes)
- MuraenesocidaeMuraenesocidaeThe 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)
- Centropomidae
- Several other unrelated fishes:
- Bay snook, Petenia splendida.
- Narrow-barred Spanish mackerelNarrow-barred Spanish mackerelScomberomorus commerson, is a mackerel of the Scombridae family. It is found in a wide ranging area centering in South-east Asia but as far west as the east coast of Africa and from the Middle East and along the northern coastal areas of the Indian Ocean, and as far east as Fiji in the South West...
, Scomberomorus commerson. - Australian barracudaAustralian barracudaThe Australian barracuda, arrow barracuda, Australian sea pike, sea pike, snook, or shortfin barracuda, Sphyraena novaehollandiae, is a barracuda of the genus Sphyraena, found between North Cape and East Cape on the North Island of New Zealand, in semi-protected areas...
, Sphyraena novaehollandiae. - Southern sennetSouthern sennetThe Southern sennet, Sphyraena picudilla, is an ocean-going species of game fish in the Barracuda family, or Sphyraenidae. It was described by the Cuban zoologist Felipe Poey. The description was part of a two-volume work, which Poey published in 1860, entitled Historia Natural de la Isla de Cuba...
, Sphyraena picudilla. - Snook shark or Caribbean sharpnose sharkCaribbean sharpnose sharkThe 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 28° N and 40° S, from the surface to 500 m. Its length is up to about 1.1 m....
, Rhizoprionodon porosus.
Snook may also refer to:
- The city of Snook, TexasSnook, TexasSnook is a city in Burleson County, 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....
. - Frank SnookFrank SnookFrank Walter Snook is former Major League Baseball pitcher. Snook played for the San Diego Padres in . He batted and threw right-handed.-External links:*...
, Former Major League Baseball player - James H. SnookJames H. SnookJames Howard Snook was an Ohio athlete and physician convicted and executed for murder.-Biography:...
, 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 WorldIt's a Big Big WorldIt's A Big Big World is an American 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 ran for a few years that followed...
. - The Audi SnookAudi SnookThe Audi Snook is a concept for a single-wheeled vehicle that is stabilized electronically. It was designed by Tilmann Schlootz, a German who won the Michelin Design Award 2008 for this design. No vehicle has been constructed as a result of the technological research student project .-External...
, a single-wheeled concept vehicle - SnookSnook (comedian)Snook, the alter-ego of Peter Soucy, is a Newfoundland comedian and actor.-Peter Soucy:Peter Soucy was born in Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador where he attended school before eventually moving to Nova Scotia....
, a Canadian comedian - SnookSnook (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. They have released two full length albums and several singles....
, a rap group based in SwedenSwedenSweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... - Verity Snook-LarbyVerity Snook-LarbyVerity Beatrice Larby-Snook is a retired female race walker from Scotland, who also represented Great Britain during her career.-Achievements:-References:...
, an English race walker
Two ships of the United States Navy
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
have borne the name USS Snook:
- The first, Snook (SS-279)USS Snook (SS-279)USS Snook , a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the common snook, an Atlantic marine fish that is bluish-gray above and silvery below a black lateral line....
, was a Gato-classGato class submarineThe United States Navy Gato class submarine formed the core of the submarine service that was largely responsible for the destruction of the Japanese merchant marine and a large portion of the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II...
submarineSubmarineA submarine is a watercraft capable of independent operation below the surface of the water. It differs from a submersible, which has more 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, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the common snook, an Atlantic marine fish that is bluish-gray above and silvery below a black lateral line....
, was a Skipjack-classSkipjack class submarineThe Skipjack class was a class of United States Navy nuclear submarines. This class was named after its lead ship, the . This new class introduced the teardrop hull and the S5W reactor to U.S. nuclear submarines. The Skipjacks were the fastest U.S...
submarine, launched in 1960 and struck in 1986.