Peprilus

Peprilus

Peprilus paru
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Stromateidae
Genus:	Peprilus G. Cuvier, 1829

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. Cuvier, 1829 ^[1]
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) ^[1]

References

1 2 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.

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