Embiotoca

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

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

Species

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

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References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Embiotoca". FishBase . April 2013 version.