Stromateus
Genus of fishes
Stromateus Temporal range: 55.5–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Stromateus fiatola | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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]
- Stromateus brasiliensis Fowler, 1906 (Southwest Atlantic butterfish)
- Stromateus fiatola Linnaeus, 1758 (blue butterfish)
- Stromateus stellatus Cuvier, 1829 (starry butterfish)