Definition of Selene vomer. Meaning of Selene vomer. Synonyms of Selene vomer

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Selene vomer. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Selene vomer and, of course, Selene vomer synonyms and on the right images related to the word Selene vomer.

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...
- 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...
- 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...
- of prehistoric, Miocene carangid similar to the modern-day lookdown, Selene vomer, that lived during the Messinian subepoch of what is now Sicily. Paleontology...
- holocanthus Y Y Longspine squirrelfish Holocentrus rufus Y Y Lookdown Selene vomer Y Y Lowland cichlid Herichthys carpintis Y Y Luminous hake Steindachneria...
- usually refers to a single species of fish, Selene vomer Lookdown may also refer to the following fish: Selene brevoortii, known as the Airfin lookdown,...
- 6 in) Golden trevally Gnathanodon speciosus No Indian threadfin Alectis indicus No 165 cm (65.0 in) Threadfin lookdown Selene vomer No 48 cm (18.9 in)...
- 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...
- toadfish) Peprilus triacanthus (Atlantic butterfish, American butterfish) Selene vomer (lookdown) Mainly all the animals in this category are juveniles carried...