BUTTERFISH / PAMPANITO
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Peprilus Medius
Vernacular names:
Es/Sp: Palometa cometrapo
Fr/Fr: Stromaté du Pacifique
In/En: Pacific harvestfish
Local names:
- Ecuador: Pámpano, Gallinazo
- Colombia: Palometa, Pámpano, Trancanil
- Costa Rica: Salema, Zulema
- Mexico: Palometa
- Perú: Camiseta, Campanito, Cometrapo, Palometa, Pampanito.
- Panamá: Pajarita, Pajarita del golfo, Pámpano
Names Commercial: Butterfish.
Símil importancia internacional: Peprilus ovatus, P. simillimus, P. triacanthus, Stromateus spp
fishing season: Todo el año.
Ugeographic location: Its distribution ranges from 32° 43'N and 18° 20' S in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
habitat and biology: It is found in continental shelf waters, 12 m deep, benthic and pelagic - coastal habitat.
Size: Its maximum length 25 70 cm (SL.