Selene (fish)

Selene
Lookdown (S. vomer)
Hairfin lookdown (S. brevoorti), frontal view
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Carangiformes
Suborder:	Carangoidei
Family:	Carangidae
Subfamily:	Caranginae
Genus:	SeleneLacépède, 1802
Selene argenteaLacepède, 1802
Argyreiosus Lacepède, 1802
Platysomus Swainson, 1839
Vomer Cuvier, 1816

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Selene is a genus of carangids, commonly known as lookdowns and moonfishes, native to the Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Pacific Ocean.

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus. The Mexican moonfish was formerly included here as well, but is now placed in the genus Paraselene.

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
	Selene brevoortii (T. N. Gill, 1863)	Hairfin lookdown	East Pacific where it is found from southernmost California, United States to northern Peru (occasionally south as far as Chile).
	Selene brownii (G. Cuvier, 1816)	Caribbean moonfish	Western Atlantic: continental shelf from Mexico to Colombia and Brazil, and from Cuba to Guadeloupe.
	Selene dorsalis (T. N. Gill, 1863)	African moonfish	Eastern Atlantic: Portugal to South Africa, including Madeira and Cape Verde
	Selene peruviana (Guichenot, 1866)	Peruvian moonfish	southern California in the United States to central South America.
	Selene setapinnis (Mitchill, 1815)	Atlantic moonfish	Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada, along coasts of Gulf of Mexico and South America, Argentina.
	Selene spixii (Castelnau, 1855)		Mexico to Espirito Santo, Brazil.
	Selene vomer (Linnaeus, 1758)	Lookdown	Canada and Maine south to Uruguay, including Bermuda and the Gulf of Mexico.

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