Atlantic moonfish

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Related to Atlantic moonfish: blue runner, Selene vomer, Trachinotus falcatus

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Atlantic moonfish - any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies

horsefish, horsehead, horse-head, moonfish, Selene setapinnis, dollarfish

carangid, carangid fish - a percoid fish of the family Carangidae

lookdown, lookdown fish, Selene vomer - similar to moonfish but with eyes high on the truncated forehead

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Larval Development of the atlantic moonfish Selene setapinnis (Osteichthyes, Carangidae) from southeastern Brazil.

Comparison of the Allometry Coefficient of the Length-Weight and Length-Length Relationship between Selene brownii, S. vomer and S. setapinnis Caught in the Gulf of Mexico/Comparacion del Coeficiente de Alometria de la Relacion Talla-Peso y Longitud-Longitud entre Selene brownii, S. vomer y S. setapinnis Capturados en el Golfo de Mexico

Correlations were then calculated between annual fish abundances in Narragansett Bay and Long Island Sound for all years, excluding 1994, during which extremely large catches of Atlantic moonfish (Selene setapinnis) were found in Narragansett Bay (59% of total Atlantic moonfish catch, 80% of 1994 catch, 29% of overall Narragansett Bay fish catch).

A comparison between warm-water fish assemblages of Narragansett Bay and those of Long Island Sound waters

300 10.8 3.7 Atlantic moonfish, Selene 100 3.6 1.2 setapinnis Smooth dogfish, Mustelus canis 95 3.4 1.2 Sharks, var.