Summary ²

The lookdown, Selene vomer, is a game fish of the Carangidae family. It was first described in 1758 by the "father of taxonomy", Carolus Linnaeus, in the 10th edition of his book Systema Naturae.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Milla-Maria Salo, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Selene_vomer_Nice_226_Lookdown_C.jpg
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selene_vomer

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