WoRMS taxon details
Peprilus simillimus (Ayres, 1860)
276563 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276563)
accepted
Species
Palometa simillima (Ayres, 1860) · unaccepted
Poronotus simillimus Ayres, 1860 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Poronotus simillimus Ayres, 1860) Ayres, W. O. (1860). [Description of fishes.]. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences(Series 1).</em> v. 2 (1858-1862): 77-81, 81-86. [Pp. 77-81 read at meeting of 5 Nov. 1860, pp. 81-86 on 3 Dec. 1860; assume published in 1860]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Peprilus simillimus (Ayres, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276563 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Poronotus simillimus Ayres, 1860) Ayres, W. O. (1860). [Description of fishes.]. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences(Series 1).</em> v. 2 (1858-1862): 77-81, 81-86. [Pp. 77-81 read at meeting of 5 Nov. 1860, pp. 81-86 on 3 Dec. 1860; assume published in 1860]. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Pacific pompano | [details] |
| French | pompano du Pacifique | [details] |
| Russian | Тихоокеанская масляная рыба | [details] |
| Spanish | palometa plateada | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Poronotus simillimus Ayres, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Palometa simillima (Ayres, 1860))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Peprilus simillimus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Palometa simillima (Ayres, 1860))
To FishBase (from synonym Poronotus simillimus Ayres, 1860)
To GenBank (50 nucleotides; 44 proteins) (from synonym Palometa simillima (Ayres, 1860))
To GenBank (50 nucleotides; 44 proteins) (from synonym Poronotus simillimus Ayres, 1860)
To GenBank (50 nucleotides; 44 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Poronotus simillimus Ayres, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Palometa simillima (Ayres, 1860))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Peprilus simillimus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Palometa simillima (Ayres, 1860))
To FishBase (from synonym Poronotus simillimus Ayres, 1860)
To GenBank (50 nucleotides; 44 proteins) (from synonym Palometa simillima (Ayres, 1860))
To GenBank (50 nucleotides; 44 proteins) (from synonym Poronotus simillimus Ayres, 1860)
To GenBank (50 nucleotides; 44 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
