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Selene setapinnis was formally described by the American ichthyologist Samuel L. Mitchill as Zeus setapinnis in 1815 with the type locality given as the Bay of New York, New York, U.S.A. [3] The generic name Selene is from the Greek for "moon", referring to the vague moon-shape of S. vomer while the specific name is a compound of seta meaning "bristle" and pinnis meaning "fin" and refers to ...
Opahs, also commonly known as moonfish, sunfish, cowfish (not to be confused with Molidae), kingfish, and redfin ocean pan are large, colorful, deep-bodied pelagic lampriform fishes comprising the small family Lampridae (also spelled Lamprididae).
Caribbean moonfish: Western Atlantic: continental shelf from Mexico to Colombia and Brazil, and from Cuba to Guadeloupe. Selene dorsalis (T. N. Gill, 1863) African moonfish: Eastern Atlantic: Portugal to South Africa, including Madeira and Cape Verde Selene orstedii Lütken, 1880: Mexican moonfish: Baja California, Mexico to Colombia.
Lampris guttatus, commonly known as the opah, cravo, moonfish, kingfish, and Jerusalem haddock, is a large, colorful, deep-bodied pelagic lampriform fish belonging to the family Lampridae, which comprises the genus Lampris. It is a pelagic fish with a worldwide distribution.
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Mene maculata, the moonfish, is the only extant member of the genus Mene and of the family Menidae. The body is highly compressed laterally and very deep vertically. The ventral profile is steep, with a sharp ventral edge. The caudal (tail) fin is deeply forked. The mouth is small and protrusible.
Selene orstedii, the Mexican moonfish, is a species of ray-finned fish within the family Carangidae. [1] The species is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean, off the coasts of Baja California, Mexico to Ecuador. [2] [3] It grows to a max length of 33 centimeters, but is more commonly found at 25 centimeters in length. [2]
Moonfish may refer to several groups of fishes: Family Monodactylidae (properly moonyfishes) Ocean sunfish is called "moon fish" in many languages; Opah, genus Lampris;