Eucinostomus lefroyi
Mottled Mojarra
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Perciformes (Perciformes, Also Called the Acanthopteri)
Gerreidae (Mojarras)
Eucinostomus
Eucinostomus lefroyi (Mottled Mojarra)
Description
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Characters
Relatively slender, premaxillary groove on snout unconstricted by scales, two anal fin spines, dorsal profile of head slightly convex to nearly straight, maxilla extends to near anterior margin of orbit, margins of lachrymal and preopercular bones entire, opercular margin with distinct notch above fleshy flap, eye length about equal to snout length, gill rakers on first arch short and 7-8 on lower limb, measurements (% SL): head length 32%-33%, upper jaw length 10%-11%, eye diameter 11%-12%, last dorsal fin spine length 5%-6%, depressed anal fin length 23%-24%, second anal fin spine length 8%-10%, body depth 29%-30%, caudal peduncle 9%-10%, pectoral fin with 16 rays, dorsal fin deeply notched with 9 spines and 10 rays, anal fin with 8 rays, lateral line scales 44-46
Straw yellow to silver in preservative, with irregular brown diagonal marks above lateral line
Distribution
Western Atlantic from Florida and Bermuda to Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico, the Bahamas, and the Greater and Lesser Antilles
Limited to the southern Gulf of Mexico
Habitat Associations
Coastal waters, associated with sandy bottoms
Sandy bottoms
Biology
Maximum known size is 230 mm TL
References
Böhlke and Chaplin 1968 (as Ulaema lefroyi)
Randall 1968a
Randall 1996
Hoese and Moore 1977 (as U. lefroyi)
Hoese and Moore 1998
Robins and Ray 1986
Boschung 1992
Schaldach et al. 1997 (as U. lefroyi)
Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999 (as U. lefroyi)
Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999
Gilmore and Greenfield 2002
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