snook

All efforts to get Snook to talk about his hunting exploits were unavailing.

All right, answered Mr. Snook, who hurried off, looking over his shoulder as if he feared he might see more spiders.

And so it came to pass, in due course of time, that the Clyde dropped him at Snook's Arm.

Owing to this dark stripe the cobia is sometimes called sergeant-fish, thus confounding it with the snook.