Biology:Selene (genus)

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Selene
Selene vomer 1.jpg
Lookdown (S. vomer)
Selene brevoortii, Thousand Oaks library - 3.jpg
Hairfin lookdown (S. brevoorti), frontal view
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Carangidae
Subfamily: Caranginae
Genus: Selene
Lacépède, 1802
Type species
Selene argentea
Lacepède, 1802

Selene, lookdowns and moonfishes, is a genus of carangids native to the Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Pacific Ocean.

Species

There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Selene brevoortii (T. N. Gill, 1863) (Hairfin lookdown)
  • Selene brownii (G. Cuvier, 1816) (Caribbean moonfish)
  • Selene dorsalis (T. N. Gill, 1863) (African moonfish)
  • Selene orstedii Lütken, 1880 (Mexican moonfish)
  • Selene peruviana (Guichenot, 1866) (Peruvian moonfish)
  • Selene setapinnis (Mitchill, 1815) (Atlantic moonfish)
  • Selene spixii (Castelnau, 1855)
  • Selene vomer (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lookdown)

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). Species of Selene in FishBase. October 2015 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q671979 entry