Peprilus
| Peprilus | |
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| Peprilus burti | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Stromateidae |
| Genus: | Peprilus Peprilus Cuvier, 1829 |
| Species | |
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8, recognized species, see article. | |
Peprilus is a genus of fish of the family Stromateidae known as harvestfishes or palometas[1] and are related to butterfish. The eight described species in this genus[2][3] are found throughout the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Species in this genus generally have a maximum length of 25–30 cm.[4]
Species
- Peprilus burti, Gulf butterfish, palometa del golfo — Fowler, 1944
- Peprilus medius, Pacific harvestfish, palometa — (Peters, 1869)
- Peprilus ovatus, Cortez butterfish, palometa de Cortés - Horn, 1970
- Peprilus paru, harvestfish or northern harvestfish — (Linnaeus, 1758); synonim: * P. alepidotus, harvestfish — (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Peprilus simillimus, Pacific pompano, palometa plateada — (Ayres, 1860)
- Peprilus snyderi, palometa salema, Salema butterfish — Gilbert and Starks, 1904
- Peprilus triacanthus, American butterfish or palometa estrecha — (Peck, 1804)