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Overview |
Main identification features
- elongate, compressed, oval
- dorsal and anal finslong bases, low front
- back spotted
- adult: no pelvics
STROMATEUS
BUTTERFISHES
Body ovate, moderately deep, compressed; snout blunt, rounded; mouth small; dorsal and anal fins long bases, without flat leaf-like spines at front, front lobes slightly raised; dorsal with V-VII small spines; pectorals moderately long; pelvic fins under thorax in juvenile, absent in adult, adult without spine projecting from pelvis; body spotted.
Three species in this temperate genus occurs on both side of the Atlantic, in the Mediterranean, as well as the southeast Pacific; 1 species endemic to the latter area enters our region.
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References |
- Abbott, J.F., 1899., The marine fishes of Peru., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 51:324-364.
- Béarez, P., 1996., Lista de los Peces Marinos del Ecuador Continental., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 44:731-741.
- Cuvier, G., 1829., Le Règne Animal, distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Edition 2., Règne Animal (ed. 2), 2:1-532.
- Hildebrand, S.F., 1946., A descriptive catalog of the shore fishes of Peru., Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., 189:1-530.
- Horn, M.H., 1973., Systematic Comparison of the Stromateid Fishes Stromateus Brasiliensis Fowler and Stromateus stellatus Cuvier from Coastal South America with a Review of the Genus., Bulletin of British Museum of Natural History, Zoology., :319-339.
- Jimenez-Prado, P., Béarez, P., 2004., Peces marinos del Ecuador continental / Marine fishes of continental Ecuador., SIMBIOE/NAZCA/IFEA tomo 1 y 2.
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I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page.
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