Airfin lookdown

Airfin lookdown
Airfin lookdown
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Zeiformes
Family: Cyttidae
Genus: Cyttus
Species: S. brevoortii
Binomial name
Selene brevoortii
Gill, 1863

The Airfin lookdown or Mexican lookdown (Selene brevoortii) is a dory, in the genus Cyttus, found around the Eastern Pacific, in shallow coastal water. Is a species of fish of the family Carangidae in the order of Perciformes. Its length is between 25 and 38 cm.


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  • Lookdown (disambiguation) — Although the word lookdown usually refers to a single species of fish, Selene vomer , there are several other species whose common names also contain the phrase lookdown . These include: *The African lookdown, Selene dorsalis * Selene brevoortii …   Wikipedia

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