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Common names: Butterfish, Pacific butterfish, Pacific pompano
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Importance: minor commercial | Ref: Hart, J.L., 1973
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Periodically abundant in California. Found in California markets (Ref. 6885).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983
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Common names from other countries

Stromaté argenté, Palometa plateada, Palometa plateada, ... more

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

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

marina bentopelagisk; djupintervall 9 - 91 m (Ref. 2850). Subtropical; 52°N - 23°N, 129°W - 109°W

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Northeast Pacific: Queen Charlotte Sound in British Columbia, Canada to southern Baja California Sur and the Gulf of California. Occurrence in Nicaragua needs verification.

Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 28.0 cm SL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 9346)

Short description Bestämningsnycklar | Morfologi | Morfometri

Taggstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 3; Mjukstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 45 - 47; Taggstrålar i analfenan: 3; Mjukstrålar i analfenan: 39 - 44; Ryggkotor: 29. Brilliantly iridescent, green or blue above, silvery below; dusky on fins (Ref. 6885).

Commonly found on sand bottom of exposed coasts. Usually occurs in shallow water near shore and often forms small, but fairly dense, schools (Ref. 4563).

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Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p. (Ref. 2850)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 02 May 2008

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fiskeri: kommersiell; sportfisk: ja

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 8.3 - 21, mean 10.1 (based on 54 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5020 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01259 (0.00663 - 0.02390), b=3.11 (2.95 - 3.27), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278): 4.0 ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resiliens (Ref. 120179): Hög, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid mindre än 15 månader (Assuming tm=1).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (24 of 100).

Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): Moderate to high vulnerability (50 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): High.

Peprilus simillimus (Ayres, 1860)