The Nature LibraryEN·ES
iNat·87922GenusActinopterygii676 field observations
  1. Animals
  2. ›Chordates
  3. ›Vertebrates
  4. ›Ray-finned Fishes
  5. ›Spiny-rayed fishes
  6. ›Butterflyfishes, Angelfishes, and Allies
  7. ›Mojarras
Diapterus
Plate 1 of 2. (c) josebraham_25, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · via iNaturalist

Diapterus

Diapterus is a genus of fish in the family Gerreidae, the mojarras. They are native to the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Americas.

Continue reading on Wikipedia

4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species

Irish Pompano

speciesDiapterus auratus

Peruvian Mojarra

speciesDiapterus peruvianus

Short-beaked Mojarra

speciesDiapterus brevirostris

Rhombic Mojarra

speciesDiapterus rhombeus

See this branch on the Wheel of Life →
§·

Where it lives

Recorded sightings

—

geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

Drag the globe to turn it. Dots are where records exist, not a range map; darker means more records.

§·

In the stacks

Searching the stacks…

Every page naming Diapterus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

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 87922.