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Peprilus
Sign in to savePeprilus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Stromateidae found in Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyStromateidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 107
- With media
- 6
- Family
- Stromateidae
- Collections
- UWFC, CUMV, SIO, MPEG, ODU, UA
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, Brasil, El Salvador
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Stromateidae
- Image
- Peprilus burti.jpg
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- Peprilus
- taxon name
- Peprilus
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Peprilus
- taxon author citation
- Cuvier, 1829
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Peprilus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Stromateidae found in Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
==Species== There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus: Peprilus burti Fowler, 1944 (Gulf butterfish) Peprilus crenulatus G. Cuvier, 1829 Peprilus medius (W. K. H. Peters, 1869) (Pacific harvestfish) Peprilus ovatus Horn, 1970 (Shining butterfish) Peprilus paru (Linnaeus, 1758) (American harvestfish) Peprilus simillimus (Ayres, 1860) (Pacific pompano) Peprilus snyderi C. H. Gilbert & Starks, 1904 (Salema butterfish) Peprilus triacanthus (W. Peck, 1804) (Atlantic butterfish) Peprilus xanthurus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
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