Selene (fish)
Genus of ray-finned fishes
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Selene is a genus of carangids, commonly known as lookdowns and moonfishes, native to the Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Pacific Ocean.
| Selene | |
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| Lookdown (S. vomer) | |
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| Hairfin lookdown (S. brevoorti), frontal view | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Suborder: | Carangoidei |
| Family: | Carangidae |
| Subfamily: | Caranginae |
| Genus: | Selene Lacépède, 1802 |
| Type species | |
| Selene argentea Lacepède, 1802[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
Species
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus. The Mexican moonfish was formerly included here as well, but is now placed in the genus Paraselene.[3][4]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Selene brevoortii (T. N. Gill, 1863) | Hairfin lookdown | East Pacific where it is found from southernmost California, United States to northern Peru (occasionally south as far as Chile). |
| Selene brownii (G. Cuvier, 1816) | Caribbean moonfish | Western Atlantic: continental shelf from Mexico to Colombia and Brazil, and from Cuba to Guadeloupe. | |
| Selene dorsalis (T. N. Gill, 1863) | African moonfish | Eastern Atlantic: Portugal to South Africa, including Madeira and Cape Verde | |
 | Selene peruviana (Guichenot, 1866) | Peruvian moonfish | southern California in the United States to central South America. |
_(12592113974).jpg) | Selene setapinnis (Mitchill, 1815) | Atlantic moonfish | Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada, along coasts of Gulf of Mexico and South America, Argentina. |
| Selene spixii (Castelnau, 1855) | Mexico to Espirito Santo, Brazil. | ||
 | Selene vomer (Linnaeus, 1758) | Lookdown | Canada and Maine south to Uruguay, including Bermuda and the Gulf of Mexico. |
