American butterfish

Fish of this species are usually deep-bodied, flattened sideways and somewhat circular or rounded, with blunt noses and small mouths with weak teeth.

The American butterfish lives in the benthopelagic, oceanodromous, brackish, marine, depth range 15 - 420 m , usually - 55 m environment.

The American butterfish, Peprilus triacanthus, is a butterfish of the family Stromateidae. It is also known as a dollarfish, shiner, skipjack, sheepshead, or harvestfish. It is closely related to a number of fish, including black cod, sablefish and Chilean sea bass. More

The American butterfish, Peprilus triacanthus, is a butterfish of the family StromateidaeStromateidae The family Stromateidae of butterfishes contains 17 species of fish in 3 genera. Butterfishes live in coastal waters off the Americas, western Africa and in the Indo-Pacific.... . More

* American butterfishAmerican butterfish The American butterfish, Peprilus triacanthus, is a butterfish of the family Stromateidae. More

Common names

American butterfish in English
Atlantic butterfish in English
Atlantisk Smørfisk in Danish (dansk)
Butterfish in English
Dollar fish in English
dollarfish in English
Dollarfisk in Danish (dansk)
Fläckig smörfisk in Swedish (Svenska)
Palometa estrecha in Spanish (español)
Palometa pintada in Spanish (español)
Pâmpano-manteiga in Portuguese (Português)
pumkin-seed in English
Pumpkin scad in English
Sheephead in English
Shiner in English
Stromaté fossette in French (français)
stromatée à fossettes in French (français)
Tridyglė medūznamė in Lithuanian (lietuvių kalba)
баттерфиш серый in Russian (русский язык)
三刺低鰭鯧 in Mandarin Chinese
三刺低鳍鲳 in Mandarin Chinese

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