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Snook
Snook, Snooks, or Snoek may refer to: Fishes * Family Centropomidae (snooks) ** Common snook * Family Esocidae (pikes) ** '' Haplochromis insidiae'' ** Northern pike * Family Gempylidae (snake mackerels) ** Blacksail snake mackerel or black snoek ** '' Thyrsites'' ("snoek", popular in the Cape region of South Africa, this was also consumed in the United Kingdom during World War II) * Family Muraenesocidae (pike congers) ** Pike eel * Family Percidae (perches) * Family Scombridae (mackerels, tunas, bonitos), subfamily: Scombrinae ** Kanadi kingfish ** Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel, ''Scomberomorus commerson'' * Barracuda ** Australian barracuda, ''Sphyraena novaehollandiae'' * Cutlassfish ** Silver scabbardfish * ''Petenia splendida'', bay snook * Southern sennet, ''Sphyraena picudilla'' * Snook shark or Caribbean sharpnose shark, ''Rhizoprionodon porosus'' Places United States * Rancho San Bernardo (Snook), a Mexican land grant in present-day San Diego County, California * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snook (surname)
Snook is an English surname. The surname is of Old English origin, and is a topographical name, denoting someone who lived on a projecting piece of land. The etymology of ''snook'' is the Old English pre-7th century word "snoc", the Middle English "snoc" and "snoke": a projecting piece or point of land; a promontory. The surname has its main concentration in the UK in the southern counties of primarily Wiltshire Wiltshire (; abbreviated Wilts) is a historic and ceremonial county in South West England with an area of . It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset to the southwest, Somerset to the west, Hampshire to the southeast, Gloucestershir ..., also Hampshire, Somerset and Dorset. Surname * Frank Snook (born 1949), American Major League Baseball player * Gary Snook (born 1947), Western Australian Legislative Assembly member * George Snook (1842–1894), American, President of the Chico Board of Trustees, the governing body of Chico, California from 1885 to 1886 an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Common Snook
The common snook (''Centropomus undecimalis'') is a species of marine fish in the family Centropomidae of the order Perciformes. The common snook is also known as the sergeant fish or robalo. It was originally assigned to the sciaenid genus '' Sciaena;'' ''Sciaena undecimradiatus'' and ''Centropomus undecimradiatus'' are obsolete synonyms for the species. One of the largest snooks, ''C. undecimalis'' grows to a maximum overall length of , but the common length is . The IGFA world record is 24.32 kg (53 lb 10 oz) caught in Parismina Ranch, Costa Rica, by Rafael Montalvo. Of typical centropomid form, it possesses drab coloration except for a distinctive black lateral line. It can also have bright yellow pelvic and caudal fins, especially during spawn. General ecology Reproductive ecology The common snook is a protandric hermaphrodite fish species. Its spawning season appears to span from April to October, with the peak spawning occurring during July and August. Spaw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snook, Texas
Snook is a city in Burleson County, Texas, United States. The population was 506 at the 2020 census. Snook is home to Frank Sodolak of Sodolak's Original Country Inn, the inventor and first known restaurant to serve chicken fried bacon. Snook is also home to Slovacek Sausage Company. Snook is the home of Chilifest, an annual charity event held since 1991 that attracts some of the biggest names in country music for a two-day chili cook-off and concert. This event attracts more than 50,000 people each year. According to the event's web site, Chilifest has donated more than $3,500,000 to area organizations such as Burleson County Go-Texan, the Boys & Girls Club of Brazos Valley and the Snook Volunteer Fire Department. Geography Snook is located in eastern Burleson County at (30.490162, –96.469804). It is southwest of College Station and southeast of Caldwell, the Burleson County seat. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which , or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Francisco Snook. The grant was between present-day Escondido and Poway, and encompassed present-day Rancho Bernardo, 4S Ranch, the San Pasqual Valley, and Lake Hodges. History Joseph Snook (1798–1848), an Englishman, had been since 1824 a mariner along the Mexican coast, in the employ of Virmond, as master of the English brig Avacucho and later of the Mexican brig Catalina. In 1833, he became a Mexican citizen, and changed his name to Jose Francisco Snook. In 1837, Snook married Maria Antonia Alvarado (1811–), daughter of Juan Bautista Alvarado, grantee of Rancho Rincon del Diablo, which formed the north boundary of Rancho San Bernardo. In 1838, Snook and his wife took over an portion (known as the “Inverness Pocket� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 several singles. In the 2006 MTV Europe Music Awards in Copenhagen, they won the award for Best Swedish Act. Linnros and Adams-Ray met in high school, Viktor Rydberg Gymnasium Odenplan. They formed ''Snook'' (snok is a Swedish slang term for "nose") in 2000. The group's first single ''1990 nånting'' (Eng: "1990 something"), featuring Afasi & Filthy, became a big hit in Sweden. They were critically acclaimed because of their different sound as compared to the general Swedish hip-hop. Their debut album ''Vi vet inte vart vi ska, men vi ska komma dit'' (Eng: "We don't know where we're going, but we will get there") was released in May 2004, and was one of the most praised records in Sweden that year. Snook received a P3 Guld award for their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's A Big Big World
''It's a Big Big World'' is an American children's television series that aired on PBS Kids from January 2, 2006, to January 8, 2010. The series was created by Mitchell Kriegman, the creator of the Muppet television series, ''Bear in the Big Blue House.'' After the series ended, reruns continue to air until April 30, 2010. The show revolves around a group of animals living in "The World Tree" in the rainforest along the Amazon River with the Pico da Neblina mountain background. The main character and host is Snook the sloth. The series was taped at Wainscott Studios (now the LTV (Local TV, Inc.) studios) at the East Hampton Airport industrial complex in Wainscott, New York. The only studio to use Shadowmation, a technique created by Mitchell Kriegman, to bring the puppets to life by combining live action animatronic characters with computer generated animation in real time, high definition virtual environments powered by video game engines. Characters * Snook (performe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audi Snook ...
The Audi Snook is the name given to a concept for a single-wheeled vehicle (one large wheel countered with 3 counter-wheels) that is stabilized electronically. It was originally designed by Tilmann Schlootz, a German who won the Michelin Design Award 2008 for this design. No vehicle has yet been constructed as a result of the technological research student project. See also * Ballbot External links Tilmann Schlootz personal websiteDesign of the Audi Snook at carbodydesignAudi Snook at youtube* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20100115022145/http://www.cardesignnews.com/site/process/design_contests/display/store4/item104792/ Car Design News 5 February 2008{{Audi Snook Snook, Snooks, or Snoek may refer to: Fishes * Family Centropomidae (snooks) ** Common snook * Family Esocidae (pikes) ** '' Haplochromis insidiae'' ** Northern pike * Family Gempylidae (snake mackerels) ** Blacksail snake mackerel or black sn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snook, Pennsylvania
Snook is an unincorporated community in Decatur Township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; (Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, Ma ..., United States. Notes Unincorporated communities in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania {{MifflinCountyPA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 tropical and subtropical waters of the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific Oceans. Prior to 2004, the subfamily Latinae, which contained three genera, was placed within the Centropomidae; this has since been raised to the family level and renamed Latidae because a cladistic analysis showed the old Centropomidae to be paraphyletic. This has left ''Centropomus'' as the only remaining genus in this family. These are popular game and food fish. Dating from the upper Cretaceous, the centropomids are of typical percoid shape, distinguished by having two-part dorsal fins, a lateral line that extends onto the tail, and frequently, a concave shape to the head. They range from in length and are found in tropical and subtropical waters. The sno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Australian barracuda is greenish on the back, silvery on flanks which fades to white on the belly with a greenish-yellow tail. It has the typical fusiform shape of a barracuda, but it is slimmer than most other species of '' Sphyraena'' with a conical snout and a protruding lower jaw, the jaws are lined with fang like teeth and the upper jaw is non-protracting. The origin of the dorsal fin is well behind the end of the pectoral fins. It reaches a maximum length of 1.1m and a weight of 5 kg. Distribution The Australian barracuda is distributed along the south coast of Australia and along the east coast to Victoria and Tasmania. It has also been recorded from northern New Zealand and Kiribati with doubtful records from South Africa, the M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snoek (surname)
Snoek is a Dutch surname. Meaning "pike" in Dutch, it may be a metaphorical name or metonymic occupational surname (referring to a fisherman). However, in Zeeland ''Snoek'' was also a common given name in the Middle Ages and the name may be patronymic in origin. Varian forms are ''Snoeck'' and ''Snoeks''. at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. People with the surname include: * (1766–1829), Dutch tragedy actor * Hans Snoek (1910–2001), Dutch dancer, choreographer and ballet director * (1902–1950), Dutch physicist and crystallographer, known e.g. for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the "Old World" of Afr ... and the Caribbean, between latitudes 28° N and 40th parallel south, 40° S, from the surface to a depth of 500 m. Description The maximum reported size for the Caribbean sharpnose shark is . The average adult size appears to be about . Both sexes seem to reach maturity at about in length, and just over 2 years old. The life span is estimated to be about 8–10 years old. Taxonomy The species was once confused as being the same species as the Atlantic sharpnose shark - however difference in vertebra counts indica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
