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Embiotoca jacksoni Agassiz, 1853

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Agassiz, L. (1853). Extraordinary fishes from California, constituting a new family, described by L. Agassiz. <em>Am. J. Sci. Arts.</em> (Ser. 2) v. 16 (no. 48): 380-390.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Perciformes
family
Embiotocidae
genus
Embiotoca
species
Embiotoca jacksoni

Name

Synonyms
Embiotoca cassidyi Girard, 1854
Embiotoca webbi Girard, 1855
Holconotus fuliginosus Gibbons, 1854
Homonyms
Embiotoca jacksoni Agassiz, 1853
Common names
black perch in English
black perch in English
black perch in English
mojarra negra in Spanish
mojarra negra in Spanish
mojarra negra in Spanish
mojarra rayas negras in Spanish
mojarra rayas negras in Spanish
Black Perch in English
black perch in English
mojarra negra in Spanish
mojarra rayas negras in Spanish

Bibliographic References

  1. Agassiz, L. (1853). Extraordinary fishes from California, constituting a new family, described by L. Agassiz. <em>Am. J. Sci. Arts.</em> (Ser. 2) v. 16 (no. 48): 380-390.
  2. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  3. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  4. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  5. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  6. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
  7. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1980: A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. 174.
  8. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21. 243.
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