Stromateidae

Butterfishes

17 species

1. 1Pampus argenteus (Euphrasen, 1788) · Silver pomfretocean · subtropical · full sheet
2. 2Pampus chinensis (Euphrasen, 1788) · Chinese silver pomfretbrackish · ocean · tropical
3. 3Pampus cinereus (Bloch, 1795) · Grey pomfretocean · subtropical
4. 4Pampus minor Liu & Li, 1998 · Southern lesser pomfretocean · tropical
5. 5Pampus punctatissimus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)ocean · subtropical
6. 6Peprilus burti Fowler, 1944 · Gulf butterfishocean · subtropical
7. 7Peprilus crenulatus Cuvier, 1829brackish · ocean · tropical
8. 8Peprilus medius (Peters, 1869) · Pacific harvestfishocean · tropical
9. 9Peprilus ovatus Horn, 1970 · Shining butterfishocean · subtropical
10. 10Peprilus paru (Linnaeus, 1758) · American harvestfishbrackish · ocean · subtropical
11. 11Peprilus simillimus (Ayres, 1860) · Pacific pompanoocean · subtropical
12. 12Peprilus snyderi Gilbert & Starks, 1904 · Salema butterfishocean · tropical
13. 13Peprilus triacanthus (Peck, 1804) · Atlantic butterfishbrackish · ocean · subtropical
14. 14Peprilus xanthurus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)ocean · subtropical
15. 15Stromateus brasiliensis Fowler, 1906 · Southwest Atlantic butterfishocean · subtropical
16. 16Stromateus fiatola Linnaeus, 1758 · Blue butterfishocean · subtropical
17. 17Stromateus stellatus Cuvier, 1829 · Starry butterfishocean · subtropical

Source: FishBase v25.04 (fishbase.org), via cboettig/fishbase, fetched 2026-10-18.