Surfperch

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Surfperch
Embiotoca lateralis (juvenile).jpg
Striped surfperch, Embiotoca lateralis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
(unranked): Ovalentaria
Family: Embiotocidae
Agassiz, 1853
Genera [1]

The surfperches are a family of percomorph fishes, the Embiotocidae. They are mainly found in northeast Pacific Ocean (as far south as Baja California), but a few species (genera Ditrema and Neoditrema ) are found in the northwest Pacific, and the tule perch is found in freshwater habitats in California, United States. The largest species in the family reaches 47 cm (18.5 in).

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They are viviparous fishes, in which the embryo is nourished directly by the mother, as well as the yolk. This gives the family its scientific name, from Greek embios meaning 'persistent' and tokos meaning 'birth'. This means the mother fish gives live birth instead of laying eggs.

Timeline of genera

QuaternaryNeogenePaleogeneHolocenePleist.Plio.MioceneOligoceneEocenePaleocenePhanerodonHyperprosoponAmphistichusRhacochilusDamalichthysCymatogasterQuaternaryNeogenePaleogeneHolocenePleist.Plio.MioceneOligoceneEocenePaleoceneSurfperch

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References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Embiotocidae". FishBase . April 2013 version.