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Eucinostomus argenteus in Curaçao Island
Silver mojarra

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Eucinostomus argenteus   Baird & Girard, 1855
Family:	Gerreidae (Mojarras)			picture (Euarg_u0.jpg) by Duarte, L.O.
Order:	Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Silver mojarra
Max. size:	20.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 2850)
Environment:	reef-associated ; depth range 0 - 12 m
Climate:	subtropical; 41°N - 24°S
Global Importance:	fisheries: minor commercial; bait: occasionally
Resilience:	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	Eastern Pacific: Anaheim Bay in southern California, USA southward to Peru, including the Galapagos Islands. Western Atlantic: New Jersey, USA and Bermuda through the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean to southeastern Brazil (Ref. 7251).
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 9-9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-10; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 8-8. Tip of dorsal fin dusky. Premaxillary groove continuous but narrow, bordered by scales anteriorly (Ref. 26938).
Biology:	Found over soft bottoms of bays and shallow inshore areas, often along sand beaches (Ref. 2850). Enters freshwater (Ref. 7251). Juveniles are encountered in lagoons of mangroves. Omnivorous (Ref. 9303). Marketed fresh but not highly esteemed; processed into fish meal and used as live bait in the snapper fishery (Ref. 3722)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:	Woodland, David J.
Main Ref:	Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann. 1983. (Ref. 2850)
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Curaçao Island country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	native		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater, brackish, marine
Uses:	no uses
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Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Cervigón, F., R. Cipriani, W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, M. Hendrickx, A.J. Lemus, R. Márquez, J.M. Poutiers, G. Robaina and B. Rodriguez, 1992
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	Entered:  Agustin, Liza Q.

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