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Selene vomer (Wireback; Moonshine; Moonfish; Lookdown; Horsehead; Jack; Hairfinned silverfish; Hairfinned dory; Flatjack; Dollarfish)

Synonyms: Zeus gallus (heterotypic); Zeus vomer
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Wikipedia Abstract

The lookdown (Selene vomer) is a game fish of the Carangidae family. It was first described in 1758 by the "father of taxonomy", Carolus Linnaeus, in the 10th edition of his book Systema Naturae.
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Protected Areas

Prey / Diet

Monolene maculipinna (Pacific deepwater)[1]

Predators

Scomberomorus cavalla (Spanish mackerel)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Callitetrarhynchus gracilis[2]
Hurleytrema shorti[2]
Nybelinia lingualis[2]
Pseudomazocraes selene[2]
Pseudopecoelus elongatus[2]

External References

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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