''Peprilus'' is a
genus
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of
fish
Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of ...
in the
family
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Stromateidae found in
Pacific
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and
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...
s.
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
''Peprilus'' is a genus of 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 ...
''
( W. K. H. Peters, 1869) (Pacific harvestfish)
* ''
Peprilus ovatus''
Horn
Horn most often refers to:
*Horn (acoustic), a conical or bell shaped aperture used to guide sound
** Horn (instrument), collective name for tube-shaped wind musical instruments
*Horn (anatomy), a pointed, bony projection on the head of various ...
, 1970 (Shining butterfish)
* ''
Peprilus paru''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
, 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
Joseph Paul Gaimard (31 January 1793 – 10 December 1858) was a French naval surgeon and naturalist.
Biography
Gaimard was born at Saint-Zacharie on January 31, 1793. He studied medicine at the naval medical school in Toulon, subsequent ...
, 1825) [
]
References
Stromateidae
Taxa named by Georges Cuvier
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