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Selene setapinnis (Sunfish; Pugnosed shiner; Moonshine; Moonfish; Jack; Horsefish; Dollarfish; Bristle-finned moonfish; Bluntnosed shiner; Atlantic moonfish)

Synonyms: Vomer setapinnis; Zeus setapinnis
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Wikipedia Abstract

The Atlantic moonfish (Selene setapinnis) is a West Atlantic fish belonging to the Carangidae family. The Atlantic moonfish is highly compressed with deeply forked tails and slender caudal peduncles. It is not very deepbodied, and it lacks high lobes at the front of the dorsal and anal fins. It has small scutes along the posterior straight part of the lateral line. Its facial profile is somewhat concave and the part above the eye is nearly vertical. The moonfish ranges from Cape Cod to Uruguay and occasionally strays to Nova Scotia.
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Infraspecies

Vomer setapinnis setapinnis

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Everglades and Dry Tortugas Biosphere Reserve   Florida, United States  
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary IV 2387149 Florida, United States
Reserva de la Biosfera de Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve VI 1312618 Mexico  

Prey / Diet

Acanthomysis trophopristes[1]

Predators

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Neobenedenia melleni[2]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit 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.
♦ 2Gibson, 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