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Moonfish; Jorobado
This species is found on both coasts of tropical America, from Brazil to Maine, and Peru to Cape San Lucas. It is generally common southward, only the young usually coming northward in the Gulf Stream. It reaches a length of nearly a foot, and is an excellent little food-fish.
Colour, greenish above, golden or silvery below; young with a black blotch at origin of straight part of lateral line.