Stromateidae
| Butterfish | |
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| Peprilus paru | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Stromateidae |
| Genera | |
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See text for species. | |
The family Stromateidae of 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 butterfish, but is from a separate family Odacidae. The Japanese butterfish Psenopsis anomala is from the separate family Centrolophidae. The African butter catfish is also known as the butter fish.
Species
- Genus Pampus
- Silver or white pomfret, Pampus argenteus (Euphrasen, 1788); Synonym: P. cinereus (Bloch, 1795).[1]
- Chinese silver pomfret, Pampus chinensis (Euphrasen, 1788):
- Pampus echinogaster (Basilewsky, 1855).
- Southern lesser pomfret, Pampus minor Liu & Li, 1998.
- Pampus punctatissimus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845).
- Genus Peprilus
- Gulf butterfish, Peprilus burti Fowler, 1944.
- Pacific harvestfish, Peprilus medius (Peters, 1869).
- Shining butterfish, Peprilus ovatus Horn, 1970.
- Harvestfish (American harvestfish) Peprilus paru (Linnaeus, 1758).
- Pacific pompano, Peprilus simillimus (Ayres, 1860).
- Salema butterfish, Peprilus snyderi Gilbert & Starks, 1904.
- Atlantic butterfish (aka American butterfish), Peprilus triacanthus (Peck, 1804).[2]
- Genus Stromateus
Timeline
Mislabelling
Escolar is sometimes fraudulently labelled as butterfish. This can be more hazardous than other fish mislabeling due to the potential health effects of escolar.
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Stromateidae" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
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