Lookdown (Selene vomer)

Also known as Atlantic Lookdown, Bluntnose, Dollarfish, Flat Jack, Hairfin Lookdown, Hair-finned Dory, Hair-finned Silverfish, Horsefish, Horsehead, Lookdown Fish, Lookdown Jack, Lookdown Moonfish, Moonfish, Moonshine, Silver Lookdown, Threadfin Lookdown, Threadfin Lookdownfish, Trevally, Wireback

Description

Also known as Atlantic Lookdown, Bluntnose, Dollarfish, Flat Jack, Hairfin Lookdown, Hair-finned Dory, Hair-finned Silverfish, Horsefish, Horsehead, Lookdown Fish, Lookdown Jack, Lookdown Moonfish, Moonfish, Moonshine, Silver Lookdown, Threadfin Lookdown, Threadfin Lookdownfish, Trevally, Wireback.

Found in pairs and small to large schools over hard sandy bottoms estuaries and shallow coastal waters.
They feed on crustaceans, fish and worms.
Juveniles off sandy beaches and in estuaries.
May display dark bars on body.
Length - 48cm
Depth - 1-53m
Widespread Western Atlantic, Caribbean

Jacks are fast swimming fish that can roam over great distances. The larger fish hunt other fish and the smaller fish eat zooplankton. In turn they are hunted by large Tuna and Dolphins. Ref: https://www.fishbase.se/summary/1004

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