Fish of the Stromateus genus of the Stromateidae (butterfishes) family of the Stromateoidei suborder of the Scombriformes order of the Percomorpha clade of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Blue butterfish. Photo © armacao.exblog.jp)
Blue butterfish (Stromateus fiatola) was first described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778).
It is a pelagic schooling species. It inhabits the depth of 10-70 meters. The maximum recorded length is 50 cm, specimens up to 40 cm long are more common. It feeds on small fish, jellyfish, and zooplankton.
(Blue butterfish. Photo by © Henk Heessen. marbef.org)
It is a rare inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea, more common in its southern part.
Names of blue butterfish (Stromateus fiatola) in other languages as follows:
Bukla (Albanian), Ψευτολίτσα (Pseftolitsa) (Greek), Palometa fiatola (Spanish), Fieto (Italian), Blauer Butterfisch (German), Żuwak fiatola (Polish), Pampo-godinho (Portuguese), Фиатола (Fiatola) (Russian), Plotica morska (Serbian, Croatian), Figa (Slovenian), Yıldız balığı (Turkish), Fiatole (French).