Stromateidae
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Scientific name | Stromateidae |
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Rank | Family |
Higher classification | Stromateoidei |
Family | Rafinesque |
Class | Actinopterygii |
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ID | 2411634 |
About Stromateidae
The family Stromateidae of 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.