Peprilus Explained

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]

Notes and References

1. 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.