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Harvestfish

Peprilus paru

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Virginia.January 64, February 68, March 75, April 123, May 159, June 79, July 64, August 62, September 74, October 69, November 57, December 58.
United States2,975
Virginia951
Texas941
Maryland316
North Carolina274
Louisiana204
Alabama55
Mississippi47
Georgia41
South Carolina16

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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