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Peprilus paru (Linnaeus, 1758)

American harvestfish
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United States (contiguous states) country information

Common names: Butterfish, Harvestfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Present inshore south of Cape Hatteras (Ref. 37512); along the Atlantic coasts, it extends from about Chesapeake Bay, straying rarely to the Gulf of Maine (Ref. 53006). Also Ref. 7251, 26340, 27549, 58261, 93252.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Cervigón, F., 1994
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Scombriformes (Mackerels) > Stromateidae (Butterfishes)
Etymology: Peprilus: Greek, peprilos, paprax, certain fish from Tracia.
  More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marinhas; estuarina bentopelágico; intervalo de profundidade 15 - 136 m (Ref. 36453).   Subtropical; - 38°S

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