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Stromateidae
shiner
Peprilus triacanthus
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- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Atlantic Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- Fusiform
- Compressed cross-section
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Atlantic Ocean
Fusiform
Mediumshiner is known from Western Atlantic as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Stromateidae
- Genus
- Peprilus
- Maximum length
- 30 cm
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: from Labrador (Ref. 58426 ) to the gulf coasts of Florida (Ref. 2702 ). Absent in Bermuda or Caribbean (Ref. 26938 ).
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