a tropical American sea fish that belongs to the genus Gerreidae
mojarra in American English
(mouˈhɑːrə)
noun
any of several chiefly tropical, silvery fishes of the family Gerridae, having a protrusible mouth and grooves at the bases of the dorsal and anal fins into which the fins can be folded
Word origin
[‹ Sp: lit., point of a lance ‹ Ar muḥarrab pointed, sharp, ptp. of ḥarrab to sharpen]
Examples of 'mojarra' in a sentence
mojarra
Mixing model results indicated that croaker, mojarra, pigfish, pinfish, and silverperch were the most important prey items for dolphins.
Rachel M. Wilson, Reny B. Tyson, James A. Nelson, Brian C. Balmer, Brian C. Balmer,Brian C. Balmer, Jeffrey P. Chanton, Douglas P. Nowacek 2017, 'Niche Differentiation and Prey Selectivity among Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiopstruncatus) Sighted in St. George Sound, Gulf of Mexico', Frontiers in Marine Sciencehttp://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2017.00235/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The results demonstrate that silver mojarra can digest animal protein as well as that of vegetal origin.
Francisco Oliveira de Magalhães Júnior, Ricardo Henrique Bastos de Souza, Érica BevitórioPassinato, Filipe dos Santos Cipriano, Kauana Santos Lima, William Cristiane TellesTonini, Luis Gustavo Tavares Braga 2016, 'Apparent digestibility of nutrients and energy of conventional ingredients for thesilver mojarra, Diapterus rhombeus', Semina: Ciências Agráriashttp://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/semagrarias/article/view/22066. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)