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Common Name: Pacific butterfish
Synonyms and Other Names: Pacific pompano
Taxonomy: available through 
Identification: Miller and Lea (1972); Eschmeyer et al. (1983); Fischer et al. (1995b).
Size: 28 cm.
Native Range: Marine; Queen Charlotte Sound, British Columbia, to central Baja and Gulf of California (Miller and Lea 1972; Eschmeyer et al. 1983).
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Nonindigenous Occurrences: Introduced into Salton Sea, California. See discussion of Peprilus ovatus in "Erroneous Records of Introductions."
Means of Introduction: Twelve fish entered the bait tanks through the circulation system from San Diego Bay and were knowingly introduced in 1948 as a result of stock-contamination (Dill and Cordone 1997).
Status: Extirpated in California.
Impact of Introduction: Unknown.
Remarks: None.
Dill, W. A., and A. J. Cordone. 1997. History and status of introduced fishes in California, 1871--1996. Manuscript for Fish Bulletin of the California Department of Fish and Game 178.
Eschmeyer, W. N., E. S. Herald, and H. Hamann. 1983. A field guide to Pacific Coast fishes of North America. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, MA.
Fischer, W., F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K. E. Carpenter, V. H. Niem. 1995b. Guía FAO para la identificatión de especies para los fines de la pesca. Pacifico centro-oriental. Volumen III. Vertebrados - Parte 2. Vol. III: 1201--1813. Roma, FAO.
Miller, D. J., and R. N. Lea. 1972. Guide to the coastal marine fishes of California. Fish Bulletin of the California Department of Fish and Game 157:1--235.
Other Resources:
FishBase Fact Sheet
Author: Pam Fuller
Revision Date: 5/22/2000 Citation for this information:
Pam Fuller. 2009. Peprilus simillimus. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL.
<http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=973> Revision Date: 5/22/2000
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