Gerreidae

Mottled mojarra

Ulaema lefroyi

Gerreid Fish of the Brazilian Coast

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• North America
• South America
• Fusiform
• Medium
• Tropical fish

The mottled mojarra (Eucinostomus lefroyi) is a species of mojarra native to the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the Americas from North Carolina to Brazil, where adults can be found off sandy shorelines. This species grows to 23 cm (9.1 in) total length, and is sometimes classified in the monotypic genus Ulaema.