Silver mojarra
📖 Overview
Found over soft bottoms of bays and shallow inshore areas, often along sand beaches . Enters freshwater . Juveniles are encountered in lagoons of mangroves. Omnivorous . Marketed fresh but not highly esteemed; processed into fish meal and used as live bait in the snapper fishery .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8. Tip of dorsal fin dusky. Premaxillary groove continuous but narrow, bordered by scales anteriorly .: fusiform / normal.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Silver mojarra is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; freshwater; brackish; reef-associated; depth range 0 - 12 m . Subtropical; 41°N - 30°S, 120°W - 34°W
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Silver mojarra · spotfin mojarra |
| 🌍CES | ostnušíček stříbřitý |
| 🇫🇷French | Blanche argentée · Blanche argentée, Mord-pointu · Mord-pointu |
| 🇯🇵Japanese | Taiseiyousagi · タイセイヨウサギ |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Acarapicu · Carapeba · Carapicu · Carapicu-pena · Carapipiacuaçu · Escrivão |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Española plateada · Mojarra · Mojarra de ley · Mojarra ley · Mojarrita plateada · mojarra plateada |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 250 records indexed .
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