# Selene (fish)

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Genus of ray-finned fishes

Selene Lookdown (S. vomer) Hairfin lookdown (S. brevoorti), frontal view Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Carangiformes Suborder: Carangoidei Family: Carangidae Subfamily: Caranginae Genus: Selene Lacépède, 1802 Type species Selene argentea Lacepède, 1802[1] Synonyms[2] Argyreiosus Lacepède, 1802 Platysomus Swainson, 1839 Vomer Cuvier, 1816

***Selene*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [carangids](/source/Carangid), commonly known as **lookdowns** and **moonfishes**, native to the [Atlantic Ocean](/source/Atlantic_Ocean) and the eastern [Pacific Ocean](/source/Pacific_Ocean).

## Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus. The [Mexican moonfish](/source/Mexican_moonfish) was formerly included here as well, but is now placed in the genus *Paraselene*.[3][4]

Image Scientific name Common name Distribution Selene brevoortii (T. N. Gill, 1863) Hairfin lookdown East Pacific where it is found from southernmost California, United States to northern Peru (occasionally south as far as Chile). Selene brownii (G. Cuvier, 1816) Caribbean moonfish Western Atlantic: continental shelf from Mexico to Colombia and Brazil, and from Cuba to Guadeloupe. Selene dorsalis (T. N. Gill, 1863) African moonfish Eastern Atlantic: Portugal to South Africa, including Madeira and Cape Verde Selene peruviana (Guichenot, 1866) Peruvian moonfish southern California in the United States to central South America. Selene setapinnis (Mitchill, 1815) Atlantic moonfish Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada, along coasts of Gulf of Mexico and South America, Argentina. Selene spixii (Castelnau, 1855) Mexico to Espirito Santo, Brazil. Selene vomer (Linnaeus, 1758) Lookdown Canada and Maine south to Uruguay, including Bermuda and the Gulf of Mexico.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-CofF_1-0)** Fricke, Ron; [Eschmeyer, William N.](/source/William_N._Eschmeyer) & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). ["*Selene*"](http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=514). *[Catalog of Fishes](/source/Catalog_of_Fishes)*. [California Academy of Sciences](/source/California_Academy_of_Sciences). Retrieved 30 November 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-CofFF_2-0)** Fricke, Ron; [Eschmeyer, William N.](/source/William_N._Eschmeyer) & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). ["Genera in the family Carangidae"](http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=genus&family=Carangidae). *[Catalog of Fishes](/source/Catalog_of_Fishes)*. [California Academy of Sciences](/source/California_Academy_of_Sciences). Retrieved 30 November 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ECoF_species_3-0)** Fricke, Ron; [Eschmeyer, William N.](/source/William_N._Eschmeyer) & van der Laan, Richard, eds. (12 February 2026). ["Species in the family Carangidae"](http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=species&family=Carangidae). *[Catalog of Fishes](/source/Catalog_of_Fishes)*. [California Academy of Sciences](/source/California_Academy_of_Sciences).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Froese, Rainer](/source/Rainer_Froese); [Pauly, Daniel](/source/Daniel_Pauly) (eds.). ["Species in genus *Selene*"](https://www.fishbase.org/identification/SpeciesList.php?genus=Selene). *[FishBase](/source/FishBase)*. February 2026 version.

Taxon identifiers Selene Wikidata: Q671979 Wikispecies: Selene ADW: Selene BOLD: 3543 CoL: 7F7Q GBIF: 2390697 iNaturalist: 49599 IRMNG: 1241373 ITIS: 168679 NCBI: 179363 Open Tree of Life: 637336 WoRMS: 125943

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