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Stromateidae (Butterfishes)
Etymology: Peprilus: Greek, peprilos, paprax, certain fish from Tracia.
Eponymy: John Otterbein Snyder (1867–1943) was an American zoologist and pioneer ichthyologist of the American west. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Gilbert & Starks.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; benthopelagic. Tropical; 32°N - 8°N
Eastern Central Pacific: Gulf of California and southern Baja California to Panama.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9346)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Haedrich, R.L. and M. Schneider, 1995. Stromateidae. Palometas. p. 1622-1624. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9346)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5020 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.01122 (0.00647 - 0.01946), b=3.02 (2.87 - 3.17), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
4.1 ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (20 of 100). 🛈 |
Price category (Ref. 80766) |
High.
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Nutrients (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 104 [51, 289] mg/100g; Iron = 0.87 [0.40, 1.79] mg/100g; Protein = 17 [15, 19] %; Omega3 = 0.227 [0.117, 0.437] g/100g; Selenium = 79.4 [36.4, 196.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 17.7 [4.9, 63.8] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.958 [0.596, 1.572] mg/100g (wet weight); |