Stromateidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Pelagiaria
Ordo: Scombriformes

Familia: Stromateidae
Genera (3): Pampus - Peprilus - Stromateus
References

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006. FishBase, version (02/2006). [1]

Vernacular names
čeština: Pestrounovití
polski: żuwakowate

The family Stromateidae or butterfish contains 15 species of fish in three genera. Butterfishes live in coastal waters off the Americas, western Africa and in the Indo-Pacific.

The endemic New Zealand species Odax pullus is commonly called butterfish, but is from a separate family Odacidae. The Japanese butterfish Psenopsis anomala is from the separate family Centrolophidae. The African butter catfish is also known as the butter fish. In South Australia, the Argyrosomus japonicus is commonly called butterfish as well.

Species

Genus Pampus
Silver or white pomfret, Pampus argenteus (Euphrasen, 1788); Synonym: P. cinereus (Bloch, 1795).[1]
Chinese silver pomfret, Pampus chinensis (Euphrasen, 1788):
Pampus echinogaster (Basilewsky, 1855).
Southern lesser pomfret, Pampus minor Liu & Li, 1998.
Pampus punctatissimus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845).
Genus Peprilus
Gulf butterfish, Peprilus burti Fowler, 1944.
Pacific harvestfish, Peprilus medius (Peters, 1869).
Shining butterfish, Peprilus ovatus Horn, 1970.
Harvestfish (American harvestfish) Peprilus paru (Linnaeus, 1758).
Pacific pompano, Peprilus simillimus (Ayres, 1860).
Salema butterfish, Peprilus snyderi Gilbert & Starks, 1904.
Atlantic butterfish (aka American butterfish), Peprilus triacanthus (Peck, 1804).[2]
Genus Stromateus
Southwest Atlantic butterfish, Stromateus brasiliensis Fowler, 1906.
Blue butterfish, Stromateus fiatola Linnaeus, 1758.
Starry butterfish, Stromateus stellatus Cuvier, 1829.

Mislabelling

Escolar is sometimes fraudulently labelled as butterfish. This can be more hazardous than other fish mislabeling due to the potential health effects of escolar.
References

Fishbase: Synonyms of Pampus argenteus

FishBase Common names of Peprilus triacanthus

Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Stromateidae" in FishBase. January 2006 version.