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Selene setapinnis (Mitchill, 1815)

Atlantic moonfish
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Venezuela country information

Common names: Lamaparosa
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: abundant (always seen in some numbers) | Ref: Cervigón, F., 1993
Importance: commercial | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Abundant on soft bottoms of the continental shelf; not recorded from oceanic islands. Juveniles abundant in estuaries of the Orinoco delta. Also Ref. 3277, 5217.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ve.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Cervigón, F., 1993
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | Catalog of Fishes(Γένος, Είδη) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Carangiformes (Jacks) > Carangidae (Jacks and pompanos) > Caranginae
Etymology: Selene: Greek, selene = moon (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Mitchill.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Οικολογία

Θαλασσινό(ά); Υφάλμυρο βενθοπελαγικό; εύρος βάθους 0 - 55 m (Ref. 26912).   Subtropical; 46°N - 45°S, 98°W - 16°W

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