WoRMS taxon details
Peprilus Cuvier, 1829
Palometa Jordan & Evermann, 1896 · unaccepted
Poronotus Gill, 1861 · unaccepted
Simobrama Fowler, 1944 · unaccepted
- Species Peprilus burti Fowler, 1944
- Species Peprilus crenulatus Cuvier, 1829
- Species Peprilus medius (Peters, 1869)
- Species Peprilus ovatus Horn, 1970
- Species Peprilus paru (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Peprilus simillimus (Ayres, 1860)
- Species Peprilus snyderi Gilbert & Starks, 1904
- Species Peprilus triacanthus (Peck, 1804)
- Species Peprilus xanthurus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
- Species Peprilus alepidatus (Linnaeus, 1766) accepted as Peprilus paru (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)
- Species Peprilus alepidotus (Linnaeus, 1766) accepted as Peprilus paru (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Peprilus longipinnis (Mitchill, 1815) accepted as Peprilus paru (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Peprilus palometa (Jordan & Bollman, 1890) accepted as Peprilus medius (Peters, 1869)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Peprilus Cuvier, 1829. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159825 on 2025-07-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
