Peprilus

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| image = Fish4386 - Flickr - NOAA Photo Library.jpg

| image_caption = Peprilus paru

| taxon = Peprilus

| authority = G. Cuvier, 1829

| type_species_authority = Mitchill, 1815

| synonyms = *Palometa Jordan & Evermann 1896

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

Species

There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus:

Peprilus burti Fowler, 1944 (Gulf butterfish)
Peprilus crenulatus G. Cuvier, 1829 Marceniuk, A.P., Caires, R., Siccha-Ramirez, R. & Oliveira, C. (2016): Review of the harvestfishes, genus Peprilus (Perciformes: Stromateidae), of the Atlantic coast of South America. Zootaxa, 4098 (2): 311–332.
Peprilus medius (W. K. H. Peters, 1869) (Pacific harvestfish)
Peprilus ovatus Horn, 1970 (Shining butterfish)
Peprilus paru (Linnaeus, 1758) (American harvestfish)
Peprilus simillimus (Ayres, 1860) (Pacific pompano)
Peprilus snyderi C. H. Gilbert & Starks, 1904 (Salema butterfish)
Peprilus triacanthus (W. Peck, 1804) (Atlantic butterfish)
Peprilus xanthurus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)