Embiotoca
| Embiotoca | |
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| A black surfperch (Embiotoca jacksoni) at the New England Aquarium, Boston | |
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| A Pile surfperch () from Monterey, California | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Clade: | Percomorpha |
| (unranked): | Ovalentaria |
| Family: | Embiotocidae |
| Genus: | Embiotoca Agassiz, 1853 |
| Type species | |
| Embiotoca jacksoni Agassiz, 1853
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Embiotoca is a genus of surfperches native to the eastern Pacific Ocean.
Species[]
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Embiotoca jacksoni Agassiz, 1853 (Black surfperch)
- Embiotoca lateralis Agassiz, 1854 (Striped surfperch)
References[]
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Embiotoca in FishBase. April 2013 version.
External links[]
Media related to Embiotoca at Wikimedia Commons
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Categories:
- Embiotoca
- Embiotocidae
- Marine fish genera
- Taxa named by Louis Agassiz
- Ray-finned fish stubs