BUTTERFISH / PAMPANITO
    SCIENTIFIC NAME: Peprilus Medius
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    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.

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