Slender Mojarra
Eucinostomus jonesii
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 39 diving areas across 23 countries and 4 regions.
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 2 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 6 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 5 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 81 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 4 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 5 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 17 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 64 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 64 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 7 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 7 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 2 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 6 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 2 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 1 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 1 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 10 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 9 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 1 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 4 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 16 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 1 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 18 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 1 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 2 records
- Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 15 records
- Soufriere & The Pitons, St. Lucia - 15 records
- St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 8 records
- Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 7 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 17 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 4 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 7 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 11 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 52 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 48 records
- Roatán, Honduras - 7 records
- Utila, Honduras - 52 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 3 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 1 records