Surfperch

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Surfperch
Temporal range:
Striped surfperch, Embiotoca lateralis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
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.[2] The largest species in the family, are the barred surfperch (Amphistichus argenteus) which reaches up to 49.5 cm (19.5 in) and 2.15 kg (4.7 lb),[2] and the rubberlip surfperch (Rhacochilus toxotes) which grows to 47 cm (18.5 in) and 2.25 kg (5.0 lb).[3]

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.[2]

The only known fossil member of the family is Eriquius from the Late Miocene of California.[4][5]

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References

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  • Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Embiotocidae". FishBase. April 2013 version.
  2. ^ a b c "Family: EMBIOTOCIDAE, Surfperches". Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. 2023.
  3. ^ "Rubberlip Seaperch". Pier Fishing in California. 2017-03-14. Retrieved 2025-04-16.
  4. ^ Longo, Gary; Bernardi, Giacomo (2015-07-01). "The evolutionary history of the embiotocid surfperch radiation based on genome-wide RAD sequence data". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 88: 55–63. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.03.027. ISSN 1055-7903.
  5. ^ California Academy of Sciences (1890). Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco : California Academy of Sciences.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)