LOOKDOWN – Selene vomer

Article by: Mark Mayo

Family Carangidae, JACKS AND POMPANOS

Description: silvery, iridescent, sometimes with brassy highlights; body extremely compressed and deep, platelike; front of head very steep; lobes at front of soft dorsal an  anal fins very long; pelvic fins small; lateral line arched toward front.

Young: spines at front of dorsal fin and rays in pelvic fin streamerlike.

Size: to 30 cm (1ft.).

Mark Mayo

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