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Mottled mojarra

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Mottled mojarra
silver-white Mottled mojarra fish blends in with it's surroundings
Mottled mojarra fish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Gerreidae
Genus: Ulaema
D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1895
Species:
U. lefroyi
Binomial name
Ulaema lefroyi
(Goode, 1874)
Synonyms[2]
  • Diapterus lefroyi Goode, 1874
  • Eucinostomus lefroyi (Goode, 1874)

The mottled mojarra (Ulaema lefroyi) is a species of mojarra native to the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the Americas from North Carolina to Brazil, where adults can be found off sandy shorelines. This species grows to 23 cm (9.1 in) total length, and is the only known member of its genus.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Fraser, T. & Gilmore, G. (2015). "Eucinostomus lefroyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T185874A1784783. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T185874A1784783.en. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ulaema lefroyi". FishBase. December 2019 version.
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