Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Classis: Actinopterygii
Subclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Ordo: Perciformes
Subordo: Stromateoidei
Familia: Stromateidae
Genus Peprilus
Peprilus is a genus of fish of the family Stromateidae. They are known as harvestfishes or palometas[1] and are related to butterfish. There are eight described species in this genus[2][3], which are found throughout the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Species in this genus generally have a maximum length of 25–30 cm.[4]
Species
* Peprilus alepidotus, Harvestfish — (Linnaeus, 1766)
* Peprilus burti, Gulf butterfish, Palometa del Golfo — Fowler, 1944
* Peprilus medius, Pacific harvestfish, Palometa, palometa — (Peters, 1869)
* Peprilus ovatus, Cortez butterfish, Palometa de Cortés — Horn, 1970
* Peprilus paru Harvestfish or Northern harvestfish — (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Peprilus simillimus, Pacific pompano, Palometa plateada — (Ayres, 1860)
* Peprilus snyderi, Palometa salema, Salema butterfish — Gilbert and Starks, 1904
* Peprilus triacanthus, American butterfish or Palometa estrecha — (Peck, 1804)
References
1. ^ EOL.org
2. ^ Discoverlife.org
3. ^ ITIS.gov
4. ^ Fishbase.org
