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Gulf butterfish
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Scombriformes
Family:
Stromateidae
Genus:
Peprilus
Species:
P. burti
Binomial name
Peprilus burti
Fowler, 1944
The Gulf butterfish (Peprilus burti) is a fish species of the family Stromateidae found in the Gulf of Mexico and off the coast of the Eastern United States.[2]
^Dooley, J.; Collette, B.B.; Pina Amargos, F. & Russell, B. (2015). "Peprilus burti". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T16759571A16781928. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T16759571A16781928.en.
^Page, L.M., Espinosa-Perez, L.T. Findley, C.R. Gilbert, R.N. Lea, N.E. Mandrak, R.L. Mayden, and J.S. Nelson. 2013. Common and scientific names of the fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, 7th edition. American Fishes Society, Special Publication 34, Bethesda Maryland.
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