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Definition of Selene vomer

Selene vomer
Moonfish Moon"fish`, n. (Zo["o]l.) (a) An American marine fish (Vomer setipennis); -- called also bluntnosed shiner, horsefish, and sunfish. (b) A broad, thin, silvery marine fish (Selene vomer); -- called also lookdown, and silver moonfish. (c) The mola. See Sunfish, 1.
Selene vomer
Horsehead Horse"head`, n. (Zo["o]l.) The silver moonfish (Selene vomer).

Meaning of Selene vomer from wikipedia

- The lookdown (Selene vomer) is a species of game fish in the family Carangidae. It was first described in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus, in the 10th edition of...
- Selene is a genus of carangids, commonly known as lookdowns and moonfishes, native to the Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Pacific Ocean. There are currently...
- New York, U.S.A. The generic name Selene is from the Gr**** for "moon", referring to the vague moon-shape of S. vomer while the specific name is a compound...
- of prehistoric, Miocene carangid similar to the modern-day lookdown, Selene vomer, that lived during the Messinian subepoch of what is now Sicily. Paleontology...
- Selene brevoortii, the hairfin look down, also known as the airfin lookdown, Mexican lookdown or Pacific lookdown, is a species of carangid fish native...
- Selene setapinnis (Mitchill, 1815) (Atlantic moonfish) Selene spixii (Castelnau, 1855) Selene vomer (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lookdown) Trachurus Rafinesque, 1810...
- Selene orstedii, the Mexican moonfish, is a species of ray-finned fish within the family Carangidae. The species is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean...
- toadfish) Peprilus triacanthus (Atlantic butterfish, American butterfish) Selene vomer (lookdown) Mainly all the animals in this category are juveniles carried...
- Selene peruviana, the Peruvian moonfish or Pacific moonfish, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Carangidae. It is found in the eastern Pacific...
- holocanthus Y Y Longspine squirrelfish Holocentrus rufus Y Y Lookdown Selene vomer Y Y Lowland cichlid Herichthys carpintis Y Y Luminous hake Steindachneria...