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Scombriformes (Mackerels) >
Stromateidae (Butterfishes)
Etymology: Peprilus: Greek, peprilos, paprax, certain fish from Tracia.
More on author: Ayres.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin benthopélagique; profondeur 9 - 91 m (Ref. 2850). Subtropical; 52°N - 23°N, 129°W - 109°W
Northeast Pacific: Queen Charlotte Sound in British Columbia, Canada to southern Baja California Sur and the Gulf of California. Occurrence in Nicaragua needs verification.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 28.0 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 9346)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Épines dorsales (Total) : 3; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 45 - 47; Épines anales: 3; Rayons mous anaux: 39 - 44; Vertèbres: 29. Brilliantly iridescent, green or blue above, silvery below; dusky on fins (Ref. 6885).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.
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).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
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)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: commercial; pêche sportive: oui
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Température préférée (Réf.
123201): 8.3 - 21, mean 10.1 °C (based on 54 cells).
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 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).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 4.0 ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Résilience (Réf.
120179): Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (Assuming tm=1).
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (24 of 100).
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Vulnérabilité climatique (Ref.
125649): Moderate to high vulnerability (50 of 100).
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Nutriments (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 74.1 [35.3, 186.2] mg/100g; Iron = 0.895 [0.407, 1.915] mg/100g; Protein = 17.7 [15.9, 19.4] %; Omega3 = 0.329 [0.174, 0.615] g/100g; Selenium = 32.1 [14.4, 75.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 11.2 [2.6, 44.7] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.669 [0.409, 1.104] mg/100g (wet weight);