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surf·perch

(sûrf′pûrch′)
n. pl. surfperch or surf·perch·es
Any of various viviparous marine fishes of the family Embiotocidae, found in shallow coastal waters of the northern Pacific Ocean.
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surfperch

(ˈsɜːfˌpɜːtʃ)
n
(Animals) any viviparous marine percoid fish of the family Embiotocidae, of North American Pacific coastal waters. Also called: sea perch
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surf•perch

(ˈsɜrfˌpɜrtʃ)

n., pl. (esp. collectively) -perch, (esp. for kinds or species) -perch•es.
any fish of the livebearing family Embiotocidae, of shallow North American Pacific coastal water. Also called surffish.
[1880–85, Amer.]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. surfperch - small to medium-sized shallow-water fishes of the Pacific coast of North America
percoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
Embiotocidae, family Embiotocidae - viviparous percoid fishes comprising the surf fishes
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The surfperches (Embiotocidae) are comprised of 24 species, all but one species is marine and they range from central Baja California to Alaska (not including the Aleutian Islands) and Japan in the Pacific Ocean (Baltz 1984; Holbrook et al.
Reproductive Morphology of Male Black Perch (Embiotoca jacksoni)
Resident species, defined as those present year round on the Eelgrass bed, included Bay Pipefish, Tubesnout, surfperches such as Shiner and Striped Surfperches, and gunnels such as Penpoint Gunnel (Apodichthys flavidus) and Saddleback Gunnel (Pholis ornata).
Ichthyological assemblage and variation in a northern California Zostera marina eelgrass bed
Causes and consequences of dietary specialization in surfperches: patch choice and intraspecific competition.
Effects of variation among riffles on prey use and feeding selectivity of the orangethroat darter Etheostoma spectabile
Review of some California fisheries for 2006: Coastal pelagic finfish, market squid, dungeness crab, spot prawn, highly migratory species, ocean salmon, California halibut, nearshore live-fishes, cabezon, surfperches, and leopard shark.
Assessment of habitat quality for juvenile California halibut (Paralichthys californicus) in a seasonally arid estuary
Prey abundance increases in the spring, as young-of-year fishes (dwarf perch and other species of surfperches, in addition to newly settled juveniles of species with planktonic larvae) recruit to the grassbed (pers.
The effect of birth date on fitness of female dwarf perch, Micrometrus minimus (Perciformes: Embiotocidae)
Mating occurs in spring and parturition occurs in winter (Goldberg and Ticknor, 1977)--a unique breeding schedule among surfperches. Other surfperches mate in summer or fall and give birth the following spring or summer when food for offspring is plentiful.
Length-specific brood size and winter parturition in pink seaperch (Zalembius rosaceus) (Perciformes: Embiotocidae)