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Mottled Mojarra

Ulaema lefroyi

Also known as: Grass Shad, Florida Mojarra, Longbone Shad, Long-finned Silverbiddy, Pursemouth, Shad, Silver Perch, Silverbelly, Silverbiddy, Silverfish

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@JolineCuracao · Curaçao - Caracasbaai, Curaçao · October 20201 / 1
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Overview

Found singly or in small schools, over shallow, open, sandy shorelines.

Deep bodied fish with huge expandable mouths usually found over sand swimming slowly in a stop start motion while searching for small invertebrates.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
mottled
Behaviour
schoolingsolitary

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Atlantic, Caribbean
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Found singly or in small schools, over shallow, open, sandy shorelines.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderEupercaria incertae sedis
    5. familyGerreidae
    6. genusUlaema
    7. speciesUlaema lefroyi (Goode, 1874)

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