| Citation | Haedrich, R.L., 2003, Stromateidae. Butterfishes (harvestfishes).. p. 1879-1884. In K.E. Carpenter (ed.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Vol. 3: Bony fishes part 2 (Opistognathidae to Molidae), sea turtles and marine mammals. |
| Ref. | 53006 Haedrich, R.L., 2003 |
| Page | 1883 |
| Named Used as Valid | Peprilus paru |
| Comment | |
| Locality | |
| Distribution | Florida, Gullf of Mexico, coasts of Venezuela, Trinidad and the Antilles; infrequent in the western Caribbea, absent from Bermuda and Bahamas; along the Atlantic coasts of America, extends from about Chesapeake Bay (straying rarely to the Gulf of Maine) |
| Quote | south to warm continental shelf waters of Argentina. |