Embiotoca jacksoni

Embiotoca jacksoni
A black surfperch at the New England Aquarium, Boston
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Embiotocidae
Genus: Embiotoca
Species:
E. jacksoni
Binomial name
Embiotoca jacksoni
Agassiz, 1853
Synonyms[1]
  • Embiotoca cassidyi
    Girard, 1854
  • Embiotoca webbi
    Girard, 1855
  • Holconotus fuliginosus
    Gibbons, 1854

Embiotoca jacksoni, commonly known as the black surfperch, is a species of surfperches native to shallow coastal areas of the eastern Pacific. Other common names of the species include black perch and butterlips.[2][3][4] They are usually a dark reddish brown to tan in color, often also with vertical dark bars across their body. They are commercially important food and game fish.

  1. ^ N. Bailly (2014). Bailly N (ed.). "Embiotoca jacksoni Agassiz, 1853". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
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  3. ^ "Embiotoca jacksoni Agassiz, 1853". MCZBase: The Databse of the Zoological Collections. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Butterlips, Common Vernacular Names, Marine Species". Skaphandrus. Archived from the original on 22 January 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.