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Starry butterfish (Stromateus stellatus)
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Ecological Illustration of Starry butterfish (Stromateus stellatus)
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Stromateidae

Starry butterfish

Stromateus stellatus

Blue green back dark blue dots

  • Tropical
  • Southern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • South America
  • Deep-bodied
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Starry butterfish is known from Southeast Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Mackerels, Tunas, and Allies
Family
Stromateidae
Genus
Stromateus
Water type
Marine
Body shape
deep_bodied
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