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Eucinostomus

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Eucinostomus

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

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GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderPerciformes
  5. FamilyGerreidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
1,158
With media
23
Family
Gerreidae
Collections
TCWC, ITESM, CICIMAR-IPN, CUMV, MMNS, UWFC
Recorded in
United States, Mexico

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

==Species== There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus: Eucinostomus argenteus S. F. Baird & Girard, 1855 (Silver mojarra) Eucinostomus currani Zahuranec, 1980 (Pacific flagfin mojarra) Eucinostomus dowii (T. N. Gill, 1863) (Dow's mojarra) Eucinostomus entomelas Zahuranec, 1980 (Dark-spot mojarra) Eucinostomus gracilis (T. N. Gill, 1862) (Graceful mojarra) Eucinostomus gula (G. Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1824) (Jenny mojarra) Eucinostomus harengulus Goode & T. H. Bean, 1879 (Tide-water mojarra) Eucinostomus havana (Nichols, 1912) (Big-eye mojarra) Eucinostomus jonesii (Günther, 1879) (Slender mojarra) Eucinostomus lefroyi (Goode, 1874) (Mottled mojarra) Eucinostomus melanopterus (Bleeker, 1863) (Flag-fin mojarra) Incertae sedis Eucinostomus meeki C. H. Eigenmann, 1903

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