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Mexican Moonfish
Paraselene orstedii
The Mexican moonfish (Paraselene orstedii), is a species of ray-finned fish within the family Carangidae. It is the only species within the genus Paraselene. The Mexican moonfish is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean, off the coasts of Baja California, Mexico to Ecuador. It grows to a max length of 33 cm (13 in), but is more commonly found at 25 centimetres (9.8 in) in length. Adults are found in shallow coastal waters at depths up to 50 metres...
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1415142.