Golden mojarra
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| Genus: | Deckertichthys Vergara-Solana, 2014
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| Species: | D. aureolus
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| Deckertichthys aureolus D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882
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The golden mojarra (Deckertichthys aureolus)[2] is a species of mojarra native to the eastern Pacific Ocean, where it is found from Costa Rica to the northern coast of Peru. This species grows to a length of 15 cm (5.9 in). This species is important to local peoples as a food fish; it is the only known member of its genus.[3]
References
- ^ van der Heiden, A., Rojas, P. & Cotto, A. 2010. Diapterus aureolus. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 18 April 2014.
- ^ Vergara-Solana, F.J., García-Rodriguez, F.J., Tavera, J.J., De Luna, E. & De La Cruz-Agüero, J. (2014): Molecular and morphometric systematics of Diapterus (Perciformes, Gerreidae). Zoologica Scripta, 43 (4): 338–350.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Diapterus aureolus" in FishBase. February 2014 version.
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