Snoek
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People with the surname Snoek
- Hendrik SnoekHendrik SnoekHendrik Snoek a former German show jumper and now businessman. He was kidnapped on 3 November 1976 and held for a DM 5,000,000 ransom. He was released when the ransom was paid by his father and considerable amount of...
- Belgian show jumper - Paul SnoekPaul SnoekEdmond André Coralie Schietekat pseudonym Paul Snoek, was a Belgian poet. He was a son of Omer William Schietekat, a textile manufacturer, and Paula Sylvia Snoeck. In 1961, he married Maria Magdalena Vereecke , and together they had three children, a twin Jan and Paul in 1963 and in 1966 Sophie...
- Belgian poet
- If looking for other meanings and uses beyond fish please go to SnookSnookSnook or Snoek may refer to:* Fish in the family** Centropomidae especially the common snook.** Gempylidae ** Percidae ** Scombridae , subfamily: Scombrinae** Sphyraenidae...
Snoek or Snook is used in various forms as the common name for several species of fish. The name derives from the Dutch
Dutch language
Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
name "snoek" for the pike
Northern Pike
The northern pike , is a species of carnivorous fish of the genus Esox...
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Order EsociformesEsociformesEsociformes is a small order of ray-finned fish, with two families, the Umbridae and the Esocidae . The pikes of genus Esox give the order its name. There are ten species — five in each family....
(pikes and mudminnows)
- Family Esocidae
- Esox lucius -- Northern pike, called "snoek" in Dutch.
- Haplochromis insidiae -- Found in Lake KivuLake KivuLake Kivu is one of the African Great Lakes. It lies on the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, and is in the Albertine Rift, a part of the Great Rift Valley. Lake Kivu empties into the Ruzizi River, which flows southwards into Lake Tanganyika...
, RwandaRwandaRwanda or , officially the Republic of Rwanda , is a country in central and eastern Africa with a population of approximately 11.4 million . Rwanda is located a few degrees south of the Equator, and is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
called Snoeks' Kivu haplo
Order PerciformesPerciformesThe Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, is one of the largest orders of vertebrates, containing about 40% of all bony fish. Perciformes means perch-like. They belong to the class of ray-finned fish and comprise over 7,000 species found in almost all aquatic environments...
(Perch-like)
- Family CentropomidaeCentropomidaeThe Centropomidae are a single genus family of freshwater and marine fishes in Order Perciformes, including the common snook or róbalo, Centropomus undecimalis...
(Snooks)- Centropomus ensiferus
- Centropomus parallelus
- Centropomus undecimalis -- common snook
- Family Gempylidae (Snake Mackerels)
- Thyrsites atunThyrsites atunThyrsites atun, the "snoek" or "Cape snoek", is a long, thin, perch-like commercial food fish belonging to the Gempylidae family. It is found in the seas of the Southern Hemisphere. It is also known in Australasia as barracouta though it is not related to the barracuda.It can grow up to long and...
-- Native to the Southern HemisphereSouthern HemisphereThe Southern Hemisphere is the part of Earth that lies south of the equator. The word hemisphere literally means 'half ball' or "half sphere"...
and named snoek or Cape snoek in South AfricaSouth AfricaThe Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
, Great BritainGreat BritainGreat Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
and the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, while in AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and New ZealandNew ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
the name can be barracouta which is in no way related to barracudaBarracudaThe barracuda is a ray-finned fish known for its large size and fearsome appearance. Its body is long, fairly compressed, and covered with small, smooth scales. Some species could reach up to 1.8m in length and 30 cm in width...
. - Thyrsitoides marleyi -- Called Swart snoek and Black Snoek in South AfricaSouth AfricaThe Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
; Black Snoek in U.S.United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Great BritainGreat BritainGreat Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
- Thyrsites atun
- Family 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- Scomberomorus plurilineatus -- Natal snoek in South AfricaSouth AfricaThe Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
- Scomberomorus plurilineatus -- Natal snoek in South Africa
- Family Sphyraenidae (Barracudas)
- Sphyraena japonica -- Japanese Barracuda, called Snoek in Great BritainGreat BritainGreat Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
- Sphyraena jello -- known as the Pickhandle barracuda and snoek in the MauritiusMauritiusMauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...
- Sphyraena picudilla -- called Southern sennet and Rond Snoeke in the AntillesAntillesThe Antilles islands form the greater part of the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea. The Antilles are divided into two major groups: the "Greater Antilles" to the north and west, including the larger islands of Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola , and Puerto Rico; and the smaller "Lesser Antilles" on the...
- Sphyraena japonica -- Japanese Barracuda, called Snoek in Great Britain
- Family Trichiuridae (Cutlassfishes), subfamily: Lepidopinae
- Lepidopus caudatus -- known as bottersnoek in South AfricaSouth AfricaThe Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
and NamibiaNamibiaNamibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...
- Lepidopus caudatus -- known as bottersnoek in South Africa
Order Anguilliformes (eels and morays)
- Family 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)- Muraenesox bagio -- known in South AfricaSouth AfricaThe Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
as the Snoekpaling
- Muraenesox bagio -- known in South Africa