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Embiotoca jacksoni Agassiz, 1853

Black perch
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United States (contiguous states) country information

Common names: Black perch, Black surfperch, Butterlips
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983
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Common names from other countries

Mojarra negra, Perca negra, Svart Bränningsabborre, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Ovalentaria/misc (Various families in series Ovalentaria) > Embiotocidae (Surfperches)
Etymology: Embiotoca: Greek, embios = permanent, for all the life + Greek, tokos,-oy = birth (Ref. 45335);  jacksoni: jacksoni for A.C. Jackson , who first noted that black perch bore living young and brought this information to the attention of Alexander Agassiz (Ref. 4930).
  More on author: Agassiz.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 46 m (Ref. 2850), usually ? - 6 m (Ref. 2850).   Subtropical; 40°N - 23°N, 124°W - 114°W

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