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Chopa Amarilla; Salema
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This species is found among the Florida Keys and the West Indies, and south to Brazil. It occasionally occurs as far north as Charleston, and it is not uncommon about Key West, Cuba, and Porto Rico. It reaches a foot in length and is a valuable pan-fish.
Colour, olivaceous, silvery below, the upper parts with longitudinal golden stripes, alternating with bluish interspaces; a black humeral spot larger than eye.