Centropomidae is a family of
freshwater and
marine fishes in the
Perciformes. The sole
genus in the family is
Centropomus, known commonly as the
snooks or
robalos. Prior to 2004, three other genera were placed in Centropomidae in subfamily Latinae, which has since been raised to the family level and renamed
Latidae because a
cladistic analysis showed the old Centropomidae to be
paraphyletic, leaving
Centropomus as the only remaining genus in this family. These are popular
game and
food fishes.