Range and natural history
It inhabits lagoons and estuaries and can move into fresh water. Very low-salinity brackish water and freshwater habitats are especially noted in the reviewed account. Its coastal distribution therefore includes lower-river settings as well as the sea.
Fish and crustaceans form its diet. The common name does not make it a tarpon: it is a snook, and reliable identification requires the fin and body characters that distinguish Centropomus species. Several snooks can occupy similar estuarine water, so habitat alone is insufficient.
