Species details

Accepted scientific name:

Selene vomer (Linnaeus, 1758) (accepted name)

Synonym:

Zeus vomer Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)

Common names:

полумесяц-рыба Russian

селене Russian

突頜月鰺 Mandarin Chinese

突颌月鲹 Mandarin Chinese

Abatucaia Portuguese

Alfaquim Portuguese

Almindelig hestehoved Danish

Aracanguira Portuguese

Cabez di cabai Papiamento

Capão Portuguese

Cara caballo Spanish

Caracaballo Spanish

Cara'caballo Spanish

Carangue à plumes French, Spanish

Carecaballo Spanish

Caricabai Papiamento

Carta Creole, Portuguese, Portuguese, Spanish

Casabe Spanish

Corcobado Spanish

Coroba Spanish

Dollarfish English

Flatjack English

Galo Italian, Portuguese, Samoan

Galo de penacho Portuguese

Galo-bandeira Portuguese

Galo-da-costa Portuguese

Galo-de-fita Portuguese

Galo-de-penacho Portuguese

Galo-do-alto Portuguese

Galo-do-morro Portuguese

Galo-fita Portuguese

Galo-proa-de-bote Portuguese

Galo-verdadeiro Portuguese

Hairfinned dory English

Hairfinned silverfish English

Horsehead English

Jack English

Jorobado Spanish

Jorobado de penacho Spanish

Jorobado penacho Spanish

Lamparosa Spanish

Lookdown English

Lune French

Moonfish English

Moonshine English

Musso panache French

Papelillo Spanish

Peixe-galo Creole, Portuguese, Portuguese

Peixe-galo-de-penacho Portuguese

Pez luna Spanish

Platillo Spanish

Poson assièt Creole, French

Selena Polish, Russian

Shiroganeaji Japanese

Testudo Portuguese

Ugorrigo Spanish

Wireback English

Classification:

Animalia

LSID

Phylum Chordata

LSID

Class Actinopterygii

LSID

Order Perciformes

LSID

Family Carangidae

LSID

Genus Selene

LSID

Distribution:

Western Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951) to Maine to Florida, USA (possibly from Nova Scotia, Canada), along coasts of central and south America (Ref. 26938) to Uruguay, including Bermuda and Gulf of Mexico (Ref. 9626). Rare in Greater Antilles (Ref. 26938); Venezuela; USA (contiguous states); US Virgin Islands; Uruguay; Trinidad and Tobago; Suriname; Southeast U.S. Continental Shelf; Puerto Rico; South Brazil Shelf; Panama; Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf; North Brazil Shelf; Nicaragua; Mexico; Laguna de Términos; Jamaica; Honduras; Haiti; Guyana; Gulf of Mexico; Guatemala; Grenada; French Guiana; Discovery Bay; Dominican Republic; East Brazil Shelf; Curaçao Island; Cuba; Costa Rica; Colombia; Celestún Biosphere Reserve; Caribbean Sea; Canada; Brazil; Bermuda; Belize; Bahamas; Atlantic, Western Central; Atlantic, Southwest; Atlantic, Northwest; Atlantic Ocean; Aruba

Additional data:

Source database:

FishBase, Dec 2008

Latest taxonomic scrutiny:

Group expert : Smith-Vaniz W.F., Data last modified by FishBase 16-Feb-1998

Online resource:

http://www.fishbase.org/...


CoL taxon LSID:

urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:402422b3-52c2-102c-b3cd-957176fb88b9:ac2009


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