Mottled mojarra
| Mottled mojarra | |
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| Mottled mojarra fish | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Gerreidae |
| Genus: | Eucinostomus D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1895 |
| Species: | E. lefroyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Eucinostomus lefroyi (Goode, 1874)
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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
- ^ 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. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species related to Eucinostomus lefroyi". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ulaema lefroyi". FishBase. December 2019 version.
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