Selene (fish)

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

Selene
Lookdown (S. vomer)
Hairfin lookdown (S. brevoorti), frontal view
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Carangidae
Subfamily: Caranginae
Genus: Selene
Lacépède, 1802
Type species
Selene argentea
Lacepède, 1802[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Argyreiosus Lacepède, 1802
  • Platysomus Swainson, 1839
  • Vomer Cuvier, 1816

Species

There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:[3]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Selene brevoortii (T. N. Gill, 1863)Hairfin lookdownEast Pacific where it is found from southernmost California, United States to northern Peru (occasionally south as far as Chile).
Selene brownii (G. Cuvier, 1816)Caribbean moonfishWestern Atlantic: continental shelf from Mexico to Colombia and Brazil, and from Cuba to Guadeloupe.
Selene dorsalis (T. N. Gill, 1863)African moonfishEastern Atlantic: Portugal to South Africa, including Madeira and Cape Verde
Selene orstedii Lütken, 1880Mexican moonfishBaja California, Mexico to Colombia.
Selene peruviana (Guichenot, 1866)Peruvian moonfishsouthern California in the United States to central South America.
Selene setapinnis (Mitchill, 1815)Atlantic moonfishWestern Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada, along coasts of Gulf of Mexico and South America, Argentina.
Selene spixii (Castelnau, 1855)Mexico to Espirito Santo, Brazil.
Selene vomer (Linnaeus, 1758)LookdownCanada and Maine south to Uruguay, including Bermuda and the Gulf of Mexico.

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Selene". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Carangidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). Species of Selene in FishBase. October 2015 version.


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