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Diapterus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Gerreidae, the mojarras. They are native to the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Americas.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderPerciformes
  5. FamilyGerreidae
Habitatmarine, brackish
Observations recorded46,319

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
75
Family
Gerreidae
Collections
NHMUK, ITESM, CAS, TCWC, LSUMZ, SIO
Recorded in
United Kingdom, Mexico, Fiji, Saint Lucia, United States, El Salvador, Portugal, Brazil

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Diapterus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Gerreidae, the mojarras. They are native to the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Americas.

==Species== The currently recognized species in this genus are: Diapterus auratus Ranzani, 1842 (Irish mojarra) Diapterus brevirostris (Sauvage, 1879) (Shortnose mojarra) Diapterus peruvianus (G. Cuvier, 1830) (Peruvian mojarra) Diapterus rhombeus (G. Cuvier, 1829) (Caitipa mojarra)

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Diapterus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.