Biology:Mottled mojarra
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Short description: Species of fish
| Mottled mojarra | |
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| Mottled mojarra fish | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Gerreidae |
| Genus: | Ulaema D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1895 |
| Species: | U. lefroyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Ulaema lefroyi (Goode, 1874)
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The mottled mojarra (Ulaema 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 the only known member of its genus.[2]
References
- ↑ Fraser, T.; Gilmore, G. (2015). "Eucinostomus lefroyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T185874A1784783. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T185874A1784783.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/185874/1784783. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Ulaema lefroyi" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q3925066 entry
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