''Peprilus'' is a

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ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of sk ...

in the

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Stromateidae The family Stromateidae or butterfish contains 15 species of ray-finned 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 commo ...

found in

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and

Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions, with an area of about . It covers approximately 17% of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface and about 24% of its water surface area. During the ...

Species

There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus: * '' Peprilus burti'' Fowler, 1944 (Gulf butterfish) * ''

Peprilus crenulatus ''Peprilus'' is a genus of ray-finned 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 crenu ...

'' 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 ''Peprilus'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family (biology), family Stromateidae found in Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Species There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus: * ''Peprilus burti'' Henry Weed Fowler, Fowler, 1944 (G ...

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, 1970 (Shining butterfish) * ''

Peprilus paru ''Peprilus paru'', (harvestfish or American harvestfish; syn. ''Peprilus alepidotus''), also occasionally known by a few local names as star butter fish or sometimes even simply as butterfish, is a marine, benthopelagic, circular-shaped and deep- ...

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Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...

, 1758) (American harvestfish) * ''

Peprilus simillimus ''Peprilus simillimus,'' also known as the Pacific Butterfish, Californian Pompano, or Pacific Pompano, is a silvery ray-finned fish in the family Stromateidae (butterfishes) of the order Scombriformes. It is not closely related to true pompano ...

'' ( Ayres, 1860) (Pacific pompano) * ''

Peprilus snyderi ''Peprilus'' is a genus of ray-finned 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 crenul ...

'' C. H. Gilbert & Starks, 1904 (Salema butterfish) * ''

Peprilus triacanthus The American butterfish (''Peprilus triacanthus''), also known as the Atlantic butterfish, is a butterfish of the family Stromateidae.Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2019). FishBase. Peprilus triacanthus (Peck, 1804). Accessed through: World R ...

'' ( W. Peck, 1804) (Atlantic butterfish) * ''

Peprilus xanthurus ''Peprilus'' is a genus of ray-finned 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 crenul ...

'' ( 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 {{Scombroidei-stub