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Peprilus burti (Butterfish; Gulf butterfish)

Synonyms: Poronotus burti
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Wikipedia Abstract

The gulf butterfish, Peprilus burti, is a fish species of the family Stromateidae found in the Gulf of Mexico and off the coast of the Eastern United States.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Central Gulf Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve 40530 United States  

Prey / Diet

Belzebub faxoni (Lucifer shrimp)[1]
Centropages caribbeanensis[1]
Temora longicornis[1]
Temora stylifera[1]

Predators

Euthynnus alletteratus (Little tunny)[1]
Lobotes surinamensis (Tripple tail)[1]
Lutjanus campechanus (Red snapper)[1]
Squatina dumeril (Atlantic angelshark)[2]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Otobothrium cysticum[3]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Seasonal and size-related differences in diet of the Atlantic angel shark Squatina dumeril in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico, Ivy E. Baremore, Debra J. Murie, John K. Carlson, Aquat Biol 8: 125–136, 2010
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0