Harvestfish
Peprilus paru (Linnaeus, 1758)
Names
| English | Harvestfish |
|---|---|
| Dutch | — |
| Spanish | Palometa pámpano |
| Chinese | 北方低鳍鲳 |
| Scientific name | Peprilus paru (Linnaeus, 1758) |
About this species
Peprilus paru, (harvestfish or American harvestfish; syn. Peprilus alepidotus), also occasionally known by a few local names as star butter fish or sometimes even simply as butterfish, is a marine, benthopelagic, circular-shaped and deep-bodied fish classified in the family Stromateidae of butterfishes.
These fish grow usually to about 20 centimetres (7.9 in) in length, and are deep-bodied and circular-shaped, with curved fins, rounded nose and small mouth. Harvestfish are greenish silvery above, silvery sometimes tinged with yellow on its sides and belly and the fins of some individuals are slightly dusky or yellowish. Their habitat is the subtropical waters of the Western Atlantic: Chesapeake Bay and northern Gulf of Mexico in United States to Argentina. Harvestfish are sometimes caught commercially as a food fish.
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Peprilus paru is een straalvinnige vissensoort uit de familie van de grootbekken (Stromateidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is gepubliceerd in 1758 door Linnaeus als Stromateus paru in de tiende editie van Systema naturae.
De soort staat op de Rode Lijst van de IUCN als niet bedreigd, beoordelingsjaar 2009.
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北方低鳍鲳为辐鳍鱼纲鲈形目鲳亚目鲳科的其中一种。
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Classification
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Order | Perciformes |
| Family | Stromateidae |
| Genus | Peprilus |
In Suriname
Where it has been recorded
- Paramaribo1
Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.