Common mojarra
Eucinostomus gula
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Eupercaria incertae sedis
- Family
- Gerreidae
- Genus
- Eucinostomus
Where to Find
Found in 49 diving areas across 27 countries and 4 regions.
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 1 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 1 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 1 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 2897 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 1 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 4 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 1 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 1 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 3 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 5 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 5 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 1 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 18 records
- Varadero, Cuba - 1 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 2 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 1 records
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 3 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 3 records
- Montego Bay, Jamaica - 2 records
- Negril, Jamaica - 2 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 12 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 5 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 5 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 4 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 14 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 15 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 1 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 10 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 6 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 7 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 72 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 4 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 10 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 76 records
- Roatán, Honduras - 2 records
- Utila, Honduras - 80 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 1 records
- Bocas del Toro, Panama - 16 records
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 16 records
- Cozumel, Mexico - 4 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 4 records
- Florida Keys, United States - 243 records
- Florida Springs, United States - 114 records
- Fernando de Noronha, Brazil - 16 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 6 records
- Malpelo Island, Colombia - 32 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 38 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 2 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 3 records