Paprilus alepidotus

Definitions of Paprilus alepidotus
  1. noun
    butterfish up to a foot long of Atlantic waters from Chesapeake Bay to Argentina
    synonyms: harvestfish
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    type of:
    butterfish, stromateid, stromateid fish
    small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines
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