Biology:Mottled mojarra

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Short description: Species of ray-finned fish

Mottled mojarra
silver-white Mottled mojarra fish blends in with it's surroundings
Mottled mojarra fish
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gerreidae
Genus: Eucinostomus
D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1895
Species:
E. lefroyi
Binomial name
Eucinostomus lefroyi
(Goode, 1874)
Synonyms[2]
  • Diapterus lefroyi Goode, 1874
  • Ulaema lefroyi (Goode, 1874)
  • Eucinostomus productus Poey, 1875

The mottled mojarra (Eucinostomus lefroyi) is a species of mojarra native to the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the Americas from North Carolina to Brazil, where adults can be found off sandy shorelines. This species grows to 23 cm (9.1 in) total length, and is sometimes classified in the monotypic genus Ulaema.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Fraser, T.; Gilmore, G. (2015). "Eucinostomus lefroyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T185874A1784783.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/185874/1784783. Retrieved 25 February 2020. 
  2. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Species related to Eucinostomus lefroyi". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=species&genus=Eucinostomus&species=lefroyi. 
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Ulaema lefroyi" in FishBase. December 2019 version.

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