Family Stromateidae - Butterfishes
Order : Scombriformes Stromateidae Stromateidae
Class : Teleostei
No. in FishBase : Genera : 3 | Species : 17 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
Environment : Fresh : No | Brackish : Yes | Marine : Yes
Division : Marine
Aquarium : none
First Fossil Record :      
Remark : Coastal. Distribution: North and south America, western Africa, and Indo-Pacific. Usually very deep-bodied. Adults without pelvic fins but pelvic girdle present. Continuous dorsal fin. Usually 2-6 spines in anal fin; soft rays 30-50.
Etymology : Greek, stromatos = bedspread; and also greek, stromataios, -ou = a fish with flattened body and colour spotted. Old bedspreads ( Ref. 45335).
Reproductive guild :
Typical activity level : normal
Main Ref. : Nelson, J.S. 1994
Coordinator :
Deep Fin Classification : Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Ctenosquamata | Acanthomorphata | Acanthopterygii | Percomorphaceae | Pelagiaria | | | Scombriformes | | | Stromateidae

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Species/Synonymy list for the family Stromateidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Stromateus fiatola Linnaeus, 1758
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Fiatola fasciata Risso, 1827
synonymjuniororiginal
Stromateus fasciatus (Risso, 1827)
synonymjuniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
Stromateus microchirus (Cuvier, 1833)
synonymjuniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Stromateus maculatus (non Cuvier, 1833)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Peprilus paru (Linnaeus, 1758)
acceptedseniornew
Stromateus paru Linnaeus, 1758
synonymseniororiginal
Chaetodon alepidotus Linnaeus, 1766
synonymjuniororiginal
Peprilus alepidotus (Linnaeus, 1766)
synonymjuniornew
Rhombus alepidotus (Linnaeus, 1766)
synonymjuniornew
! Peprilus alepidatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
synonymjuniornew
Sternoptyx gardenii Bloch & Schneider, 1801
synonymjuniororiginal
Stromateus gardenii (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
synonymjuniornew
Stromateus longipinnis Mitchill, 1815
synonymjuniororiginal
Peprilus longipinnis (Mitchill, 1815)
synonymjuniornew
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
Rhombus triacanthus (Peck, 1804)
synonymseniornew
Stromateus cryptosus Mitchill, 1814
synonymjuniororiginal
Rhombus cryptosus (Mitchill, 1814)
synonymjuniornew
Poronotus burti (non Fowler, 1944)
misappliedmisappliedmisapplied
Peprilus xanthurus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
acceptedseniornew
Seserinus xanthurus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
synonymseniororiginal
Simobrama xanthura (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
synonymseniornew
Rhombus xanthurus Cuvier, 1833
synonymjuniororiginal
Peprilus paru (non Linnaeus, 1758)
misappliedmisappliednew
Peprilus crenulatus Cuvier, 1829
acceptedseniororiginal
Peprilus simillimus (Ayres, 1860)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Palometa simillima (Ayres, 1860)
synonymseniornew
Peprilus medius (Peters, 1869)
acceptedseniornew
Stromateus medius Peters, 1869
synonymseniororiginal
Stromateus palometa Jordan & Bollman, 1890
synonymjuniororiginal
Palometa palometa (Jordan & Bollman, 1890)
synonymjuniornew
Peprilus palometa (Jordan & Bollman, 1890)
synonymjuniornew
Peprilus snyderi Gilbert & Starks, 1904
acceptedseniororiginal
Peprilus burti Fowler, 1944
acceptedseniororiginal
Peprilus ovatus Horn, 1970
acceptedseniororiginal
Pampus argenteus (Euphrasen, 1788)
acceptedseniornew
Stromateus argenteus Euphrasen, 1788
synonymseniororiginal
Stromateoides argenteus (Euphrasen, 1788)
synonymseniornew
! Pampus argentus (Euphrasen, 1788)
synonymseniornew
Stromateus echinogaster Basilewsky, 1855
synonymjuniororiginal
Pampus echinogaster (Basilewsky, 1855)
synonymjuniornew
Stromatioides nozawae Ishikawa, 1904
synonymjuniororiginal
Stromateus cinereus (non Bloch, 1795)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Pampus chinensis (Euphrasen, 1788)
acceptedseniornew
Stromateus chinensis Euphrasen, 1788
synonymseniororiginal
Stromateus sinensis Forster, 1795
ambiguousotheroriginal
Pampus cinereus (Bloch, 1795)
provisionally acceptedjuniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Pampus liuorum Liu & Li, 2013
synonymjuniororiginal
Pampus punctatissimus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)
acceptedseniornew
Stromateus punctatissimus Temminck & Schlegel, 1845
synonymseniororiginal
Pampus minor Liu & Li, 1998
acceptedseniororiginal
Stromateoides argenteus (non Euphrasen, 1788)
misappliedmisappliednew
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