Selene brevoortii

Selene brevoortii, the hairfin look down, also known as the airfin lookdown, Mexican lookdown or Pacific lookdown,[3] is a species of carangid fish native to warmer parts of the East Pacific where it is found from southernmost California, United States to northern Peru (occasionally south as far as Chile).[1] This species is generally found close to the coast at depths of less than 50 m (160 ft). They grow to 38 cm (15 in) in fork length. It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries, but is popular as a gamefish.[2] Its specific name honours the American book collector, numismatist, amateur naturalist and friend of Theodore N. Gills J. Carson Brevoort (1817-1887) for his interest in the fishes of the family Carangidae.[4]

Selene brevoortii
Swimming in an aquarium
Frontal view

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Carangidae
Genus: Selene
Species:
S. brevoortii
Binomial name
Selene brevoortii
(T. N. Gill, 1863)
Synonyms[2]
  • Argyriosus brevoortii Gill, 1863
  • Vomer brevoortii (Gill, 1863)
  • Argyreiosus pacificus Lockington, 1877
  • Vomer pacificus (Lockington, 1877)

References
  1. Smith-Vaniz, B.; Robertson, R.; Dominici-Arosemena, A.; Molina, H. (2010). "Selene brevoortii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T183636A8148902. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183636A8148902.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Selene brevoortii" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
  3. "Selene brevoorti". Polistes Foundation. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  4. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (10 August 2019). "Order CARANGIFORMES (Jacks)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 3 December 2019.


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