''Peprilus'' is a genus of fish in the family

Stromateidae The family Stromateidae or butterfish contains 15 species of fish in three genera. Butterfishes live in coastal waters off the Americas, western Africa and in the Indo-Pacific. The endemic New Zealand species '' Odax pullus'' is commonly called b ...

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 Marceniuk, A.P., Caires, R., Siccha-Ramirez, R. & Oliveira, C. (2016): Review of the harvestfishes, genus ''Peprilus'' (Perciformes: Stromateidae), of the Atlantic coast of South America. ''Zootaxa, 4098 (2): 311–332.'' * '' 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)

References

Stromateidae Taxa named by Georges Cuvier {{Perciformes-stub