''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
Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, Baron Cuvier (; 23 August 1769 – 13 May 1832), known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "founding father of paleontology". Cuvier was a major figure in nat ...
, 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
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