Selene (fish)

Selene is a genus of carangids, commonly known as lookdowns and moonfishes, native to the Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Pacific Ocean.

Species

There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
	Selene brevoortii	Hairfin lookdown	East Pacific where it is found from southernmost California, United States to northern Peru.
	Selene brownii	Caribbean moonfish	Western Atlantic: continental shelf from Mexico to Colombia and Brazil, and from Cuba to Guadeloupe.
	Selene dorsalis	African moonfish	Eastern Atlantic: Portugal to South Africa, including Madeira and Cape Verde
	Selene orstedii Lütken, 1880	Mexican moonfish	Baja California, Mexico to Colombia.
	Selene peruviana	Peruvian moonfish	southern California in the United States to central South America.
	Selene setapinnis	Atlantic moonfish	Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Canada, along coasts of Gulf of Mexico and South America, Argentina.
	Selene spixii		Mexico to Espirito Santo, Brazil.
	Selene vomer	Lookdown	Canada and Maine south to Uruguay, including Bermuda and the Gulf of Mexico.