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Definition of Mojarra
1. Noun. Small silvery schooling fishes with protrusible mouths found in warm coastal waters.
Generic synonyms: Percoid, Percoid Fish, Percoidean
Group relationships: Family Gerreidae, Family Gerridae, Gerreidae, Gerridae
Specialized synonyms: Gerres Cinereus, Yellowfin Mojarra, Eucinostomus Gula, Silver Jenny
Group relationships: Family Gerreidae, Family Gerridae, Gerreidae, Gerridae
Specialized synonyms: Gerres Cinereus, Yellowfin Mojarra, Eucinostomus Gula, Silver Jenny
Definition of Mojarra
1. n. Any of certain basslike marine fishes (mostly of tropical seas, and having a deep, compressed body, protracile mouth, and large silvery scales) constituting the family Gerridæ, as Gerres plumieri, found from Florida to Brazil and used as food. Also, any of numerous other fishes of similar appearance but belonging to other families.
Definition of Mojarra
1. a marine fish [n -S]