Selene dorsalis

Selene dorsalis (Gill); African moonfish (Figure 2E) Remarks: Selene dorsalis, synonymized with Vomer dorsalis (Gill), was commonly encountered in Badagry and Ikorodu, with occasional sightings in Epe. Distributed across the Eastern Atlantic Ocean, this species remains poorly studied and may be conspecific with Selene setapinnis (Mitchill). Pending further taxonomical revisions, we refer to our specimen as S. dorsalis. It is characterized by a rounded head profile that slopes sharply through a slight concavity in front of the eye to a blunt snout, with the lower jaw slightly protruding. The body is short, deep, and highly compressed, with a ventral profile that is more convex than the dorsal profile.