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Peprilus
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Peprilus

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

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9 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 9 known species

Butterfish

speciesPeprilus triacanthus

Harvestfish

speciesPeprilus paru

Pacific Pompano

speciesPeprilus simillimus

Gulf Butterfish

speciesPeprilus burti

Pacific Harvestfish

speciesPeprilus medius

Peprilus snyderi

speciesPeprilus snyderi

Peprilus xanthurus

speciesPeprilus xanthurus

Peprilus ovatus

speciesPeprilus ovatus

Peprilus crenulatus

speciesPeprilus crenulatus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 90915.