Embiotoca

Embiotoca is a genus of surfperches native to the eastern Pacific Ocean.

Embiotoca
A black surfperch (Embiotoca jacksoni) at the New England Aquarium, Boston
A Pile surfperch (Rhacochilus vacca ) from Monterey, California
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Percomorpha
(unranked): Ovalentaria
Family: Embiotocidae
Genus: Embiotoca
Agassiz, 1853
Type species
Embiotoca jacksoni
Agassiz, 1853

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Embiotoca in FishBase. April 2013 version.
  • Media related to Embiotoca at Wikimedia Commons


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