Short-beaked Mojarra
📖 Overview
Occurs in bays, estuaries, and coastal lagoons bordered by mangroves, over sandy or muddy bottoms; usually enters continental waters. Carnivorous, based on reported consumption of benthic organisms of copepods, ostracods, foraminifera, sponges, polychaetes, and molluscs, fishes, and aquatic vegetation .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8. Distinguished by having serrated posterior and inferior margins of preopercular bones; smooth preorbital (lachrymal); sometimes with fine serrations on jugal (infraorbital ); pointed or pinniform pharyngeal teeth; rudder-shaped urohyal bone .
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Short-beaked Mojarra is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Short-beaked Mojarra is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Short-beaked Mojarra is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; brackish; demersal. Tropical south to nothern Peru.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Short-beaked Mojarra |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Mojarra-de-barbatana-dourada |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | mojarra aletas amarillas |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gerres brevirostris | Sauvage | 1879 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 11 records indexed .
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