Peprilus

Peprilus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Stromateidae found in Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.

Peprilus
Peprilus paru
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scombriformes
Family:	Stromateidae
Genus:	Peprilus G. Cuvier, 1829
Type species
Stromateus longipinnis Mitchill, 1815
Synonyms
Palometa Jordan & Evermann 1896 Poronotus Gill, 1861 Simobrama Fowler, 1944

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]