Stromateus
| Stromateus Temporal range:
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| Stromateus fiatola | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scombriformes |
| Family: | Stromateidae |
| Genus: | Stromateus Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Type species | |
| Stromateus fiatola Linnaeus, 1758
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Stromateus is a genus of bony fish from the butterfish family Stromateidae, of which it is the type genus.
Species[]
There are three species within the genus Stromateus:[1]
- Fowler, 1906 (Southwest Atlantic butterfish)
- Stromateus fiatola Linnaeus, 1758 (blue butterfish)
- Cuvier, 1829 (starry butterfish)
References[]
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Stromateus in FishBase. February 2018 version.
Categories:
- Stromateidae
- Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus