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Related FAQs: Surfperches,
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The
Live-Bearing Surfperches,
Family Embiotocidae
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Bob Fenner
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Embiotoca lateralis
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Coastal marine (occasionally venturing into freshwater) northern
Pacific fishes. One of few livebearing (viviparous) marine fish
families (males utilize the thickened portion of their anal fins for
genetic transmission).
Range, Number, Size:
Thirteen genera, twenty four species. Twenty one
species in the temperate eastern Pacific, three off of Korea and Japan.
Maximum size to eighteen inches.
| Amphistichus argenteus Agassiz 1854, the
Barred Surfperch. Mid Baja California to Bodega Bay, Mid-Alta
Calfornia. To seventeen inches in length. This one at Monterey Bay
Aquarium. |
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| Amphistichus koelzi (Hubbs 1933), the Calico
Surfperch. Eastern Pacific; Washington to Baja, Mexico. To a foot
in length. Lower edge of eye below the upper lip, bars on the side
usually broken, discontinuous. Birch Aquarium photo. |
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| Cymatogaster aggregata Gibbons 1854, the
Shiner Surfperch. Baja to Alaska. To seven inches in length. This
one at the SIO/Birch Aquarium. |
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| Embiotoca lateralis Agassiz 1854, the
Striped or Barred Surfperch. Baja to Alaska. To fifteen inches in
length. |
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| Hyperprosopon ellipticum (Gibbons 1854), the
Silver Surfperch. Baja to British Columbia. To ten and a half
inches in length. |
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| Hyperprosopon argenteum Gibbons 1854, the
Walleye Surfperch. Baja to British Columbia. To ten inches in
length. Note dark tips of pelvic fins on this landed specimen. |
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| Phanerodon atripes Jordan and Gilbert 1880, the
Sharpnose Seaperch. Eastern Pacific coast; Bodega Bay, CA to mid Baja. This
one off of San Diego's coast. To 29 cm. |
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| Rhacochilus toxotes Agassiz 1854, the
Rubberlip Surfperch. Found along the two Californias. To eighteen
inches in length. This couple off of San Diego's coast. |
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Bibliography/Further Reading:
Miller, Daniel J and Robert N. Lea. 1972. Guide to the Coastal
Marine Fishes of California. Fish Bulletin 157, Publications Division
of Agricultural Sciences, University of California, Berkeley.
Wrobel, David J. and Gilbert Van Dykhuizen. 1991. Surfperches,
livebearers of the Pacific. FAMA 4/91.
