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  • body v deep (depth at D2 origin 61-66% SL)
    forehead profile: concave before eyes, top round
    D & A lobes slightly/not elongate
    Selene brownii, Caribbean Moonfish, Full Moonfish
    gill rakers 31-34
    juv: black spot over straight part LL
  • body moderately deep (depth at D2 origin 46-52% SL)
    forehead profile: concave before eyes, top round
    D & A lobes not/slightly elongate
    Selene setapinnis, Atlantic Moonfish
    gill rakers 36-42
    juv: black spot over straight part LL
  • forehead profile straight, top angular
    D & A lobes v elongate
    Selene vomer, Lookdown, Atlantic Look Down, Lookdown Moonfish
    juv: 4-5 faint interrupted bars