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Eucinostomus argenteus (Spotfin mojarra; Silver mojarra)

Synonyms: Gerres aprion
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Wikipedia Abstract

The spotfin mojarra (Eucinostomus argenteus) is a species of fish belonging to the family Gerreidae. It is so named for the black spot that appears on the anterior part of the dorsal fin.
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Protected Areas

Predators

Carcharhinus limbatus (Spot-fin ground shark)[1]
Morone saxatilis (Striper bass)[2]
Scorpaena grandicornis (poison grouper)[2]
Sphyrna lewini (Southern hammerhead shark)[3]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Dollfusentis chandleri[4]
Microcotyle guanabarensis[4]

External References

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Citations

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♦ 1Occurrence, Diet and Growth of Juvenile Blacktip Sharks, Carcharhinus limbatus, from Los Roques Archipelago National Park, Venezuela, RAFAEL TAVARES, Caribbean Journal of Science, Vol. 44, No. 3, 291-302, 2008
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 3Feeding habits of the scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini, in Mazatlán waters, southern Gulf of California, Mexico, Yassir TORRES-ROJAS, Agustín HERNANDEZ-HERRERA & Felipe GALVAN-MAGAÑA, Cybium 2006, 30(4) suppl.: 85-90
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0