Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Perciformes
Subordo: Percoidei
Superfamilia: Percoidea
Familia: Carangidae
Genus: Selene
Species: S. brevoortii – S. brownii – S. dorsalis – S. orstedii – S. peruviana – S. setapinnis – S. spixii – S. vomer
Name
Selene Lacepède, 1802
References
Selene – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Selene species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2023. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 06/2022.
Vernacular names
English: Moonfishes
magyar: Bárdmakrélák
Selene is a genus of carangids, commonly known as lookdowns and moonfishes, native to the Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Pacific Ocean.
Species
There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:[3]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
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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 | |
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Selene orstedii Lütken, 1880 | Mexican moonfish | Baja California, Mexico to Colombia. |
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Selene peruviana (Guichenot, 1866) | Peruvian moonfish | southern California in the United States to central South America. |
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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. | ||
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Selene vomer (Linnaeus, 1758) | Lookdown | Canada and Maine south to Uruguay, including Bermuda and the Gulf of Mexico. |
References
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Selene". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Carangidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). Species of Selene in FishBase. October 2015 version.
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