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 seven recognized species in this genus. The Mexican moonfish was formerly included here as well, but is now placed in the genus Paraselene. 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 moonfishWestern Atlantic: continental shelf from Mexico to Colombia and Brazil, and from Cuba to Guadeloupe. Selene dorsalis (T. N. Gill, 1863) African moonfishEastern 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 moonfishWestern 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) LookdownCanada and Maine south to Uruguay, including Bermuda and the Gulf of Mexico.
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