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

horsefish, horsehead, horse-head, moonfish, Selene setapinnis, Atlantic moonfish, dollarfish - any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies

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0.3 Selene vomer 0.6 Trachinotus carolinus 38.2 24.2 24.0 38.1 Trachinotus falcatus 0.6 0.3 Trachinotus goodei 5.4 6.1 5.5 17.7 Syngnathidae Syngnathus folletti Lobotidae Lobotes surinamensis 0.2 Gerreidae Non-identified larvae 25.5 13.1 44.7 6.8 Haemulidae Pomadasys corvinaeformis 0.6 Polynemidae Polydactylus oligodon Sciaenidae Menticirrhus americanus ** 0.2 Menticirrhus littoralis ** 0.6 0.4 4.1 Micropogonias fumieri * Umbrina coroides Pomatomidae Pomatomus saltatrix Paralichthyidae 0.2 Etropus crossotus Paralichthys orbignyanus Tetraodontidae Sphoeroides greeleyi Sphoeroides testudineus 0.2 Diodontidae Chilomycterus spp.

Variacion espacio temporal de la ictiofauna del Parque Estatal Ilha do Cardoso, Sao Paulo, Brasil

Carangids were captured during the day as well as Oligoplites saurus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801), Caranx lattus Agassiz, 1831, Caranx hippos (Linnaeus, 1766) and Selene vomer (Linnaeus, 1758).

2 10 12 CARANGIDAE Caranx hippos 1 -- 1 Caranx latos 1 -- 1 Chloroscombrus chrysurus 1 1 2 Oligoplites sauros 3 -- 3 Oligoplites saliens 152 2 154 Selene vomer 2 -- 2 GERREIDAE Eugerres brasilianus (Cuvier, 1830) -- 1 1 Diapterus rhombeus 4 10 14 Eucinostomus argenteus 19 2 21 Eucinostomus gula (Quoy and Gaimard, 1 -- 1 1824) Eucinostomus melano 1 -- 1 HAEMULIDAE Anisotremus surinamensis -- 1 1 SCIAENIDAE Bairdiella ronchus 25 187 212 Micropogonias furnieri 4 52 56 Stellifer rastrifer 1 137 138 Isopisthus parvipinnis (Cuvier, 1830) -- 6 6 Cynocion acoupa (Lacepede, 1801) -- 1 1 Cynocionsp.

Diel variation in fish assemblages in tidal creeks in southern Brazil/Variacao diuturna nas assembleias de peixes dos rios de mare do sul do Brasil