Embiotoca jacksoni | |
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A black surfperch at the New England Aquarium, Boston | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Family: | Embiotocidae |
Genus: | Embiotoca |
Species: | E. jacksoni
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Binomial name | |
Embiotoca jacksoni Agassiz, 1853
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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.
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