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Blue butterfish (Stromateus fiatola) Stromateus fiatola.
Die Golddecke - The golden Pamplel.
Date 1796
Source https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/7064488941
Author Marcus Elieser Bloch
Full title Ichthyologie; ou, Histoire naturelle des poissons : En six parties avec 216 planches dessinées et enluminées d'après nature / par Marc Éliéser Bloch.
BHL Page URL https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4786887
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The blue butterfish (Stromateus fiatola), is a species of pelagic fish in the genus Stromateus. The blue butterfish usually grows about 40 cm. Stromateus fiatola mainly lives in the Atlantic ocean and is widely distributed in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, specifically in the Bay of Biscay, the Mediterranean, southward of the cape of good hope, and South Africa.
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Stromateidae
Genus: Stromateus
Species: Stromateus fiatola Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Chrysostromus fiatoloides Lacépède, 1802
Fiatola fasciata Risso, 1827
Seserinus microchirus Cuvier, 1833
Stromateus capensis Pappe, 1853
Stromateus fasciatus (Risso, 1827)
Stromateus microchirus (Cuvier, 1833)
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