Mottled mojarra
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| Mottled mojarra | |
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| Mottled mojarra fish | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Gerreidae |
| Genus: | Ulaema D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1895 |
| Species: | U. lefroyi
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| Ulaema lefroyi (Goode, 1874)
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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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ulaema lefroyi". FishBase. December 2019 version.
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