Mottled mojarra

Mottled mojarra
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gerreidae
Genus: Ulaema
D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1895
Species: U. lefroyi
Binomial name
Ulaema lefroyi
(Goode, 1874)
Synonyms
  • 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.[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Ulaema lefroyi" in FishBase. April 2013 version.

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