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Butterfish

Peprilus triacanthus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Nova Scotia.January 138, February 117, March 168, April 212, May 351, June 305, July 490, August 310, September 249, October 264, November 174, December 157.
United States9,086
Canada4,300
Nova Scotia2,936
Maine2,027
Virginia1,993
New York1,181
New Jersey1,079
North Carolina938
Massachusetts712
Quebec610

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderMackerels, Tunas, Butterfishes, and Allies · Scombriformes
FamilyButterfishes · Stromateidae
GenusPeprilus

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Practise Butterfish with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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