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Peprilus simillimus (Ayres, 1860)

Pacific pompano
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Scombriformes (Mackerels) > Stromateidae (Butterfishes)
Etymology: Peprilus: Greek, peprilos, paprax, certain fish from Tracia.
More on author: Ayres.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 9 - 91 m (Ref. 2850). Subtropical; 52°N - 23°N, 129°W - 109°W

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Northeast Pacific: Queen Charlotte Sound in British Columbia, Canada to southern Baja California Sur and the Gulf of California. Occurrence in Nicaragua needs verification.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 28.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9346)

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Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 45 - 47; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 39 - 44; Vertebrae: 29. Brilliantly iridescent, green or blue above, silvery below; dusky on fins (Ref. 6885).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Commonly found on sand bottom of exposed coasts. Usually occurs in shallow water near shore and often forms small, but fairly dense, schools (Ref. 4563).

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Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p. (Ref. 2850)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 02 May 2008

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 8.3 - 21, mean 10.1 °C (based on 54 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5020   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01259 (0.00663 - 0.02390), b=3.11 (2.95 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.0   ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Assuming tm=1).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (24 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Moderate to high vulnerability (50 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   High.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 74.1 [35.3, 186.2] mg/100g; Iron = 0.895 [0.407, 1.915] mg/100g; Protein = 17.7 [15.9, 19.4] %; Omega3 = 0.329 [0.174, 0.615] g/100g; Selenium = 32.1 [14.4, 75.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 11.2 [2.6, 44.7] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.669 [0.409, 1.104] mg/100g (wet weight);