Harvestfish

Harvestfish

Taxobox | name = Harvestfish
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Stromateidae
genus = "Peprilus"
species = "P. alepidotus"
binomial = "Peprilus alepidotus"
binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1766)

The harvestfish ("Peprilus alepidotus"), also occasionally known by a few local names as star butter fish or sometimes even simply as butterfish (market name), is a marine, benthopelagic, circular-shaped and deep-bodied fish classified in the family Stromateidae of butterfishes. These fish grow usually to about 20 cm (8 inches) in length, and are deep-bodied and circular-shaped, with curved fins, rounded nose and small mouth. Harvestfish are greenish silvery above, silvery sometimes tinged with yellow on its sides and belly and the fins of some individuals are slightly dusky or yellowish. Their habitat is the subtropical waters of the Western Atlantic: Chesapeake Bay and northern Gulf of Mexico in USA to Argentina.

Harvestfish are sometimes caught commercially as a food fish.

References

*

External links

*


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • harvestfish — /hahr vist fish /, n., pl. (esp. collectively) harvestfish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) harvestfishes. a butterfish of the genus Peprilus, esp. P. alepidotus of Atlantic waters. [1805 15, Amer.; HARVEST + FISH] * * * …   Universalium

  • harvestfish — noun butterfish up to a foot long of Atlantic waters from Chesapeake Bay to Argentina • Syn: ↑Paprilus alepidotus • Hypernyms: ↑butterfish, ↑stromateid fish, ↑stromateid • Member Holonyms: ↑Paprilus, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • northern harvestfish. — See under harvestfish (def. 1). * * * …   Universalium

  • northern harvestfish. — See under harvestfish (def. 1) …   Useful english dictionary

  • Stromateidae — Taxobox name = Butterfish image width = 240px image caption = American butterfish, Peprilus triacanthus regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Perciformes familia = Stromateidae subdivision ranks = Genera subdivision …   Wikipedia

  • American butterfish — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum …   Wikipedia

  • Lion's mane jellyfish — Conservation status Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification …   Wikipedia

  • List of edible fish — This is a list of fish that are considered as suited for human consumption. This list is simply a copy of list of fish common names where the most obviously inedible species are removed. Of course some of the removed species can be eaten, but the …   Wikipedia

  • genus Paprilus — noun a genus of Stromateidae • Syn: ↑Paprilus • Hypernyms: ↑fish genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Stromateidae, ↑family Stromateidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Paprilus — noun a genus of Stromateidae • Syn: ↑genus Paprilus • Hypernyms: ↑fish genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Stromateidae, ↑family Stromateidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”