Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Scombridae Mackerels, tunas, bonitos
Subfamily: Gasterochismatinae
Genus: Gasterochisma

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Photo by Archambault, C.

Circumglobal in southern
Max. Length 164 cm FL
Gasterochisma melampus Richardson, 1845

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Gasterochisma melampus
[Butterfly kingfish]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Gasterochisma melampus Butterfly kingfish Circumglobal in southern 164 FL 1845



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