Black surfperch

The Black surfperch lives in the demersal, marine, depth range - 46 m , usually - 6 m environment.

Black surfperch scoop up large amounts of substrate in the mouth and then use special muscles in the throat to separate out ingested prey food from non-nutritive debris. More

Common names

Black perch in English
Black surfperch in English
Butterlips in English
Embiotoka in Russian (русский язык)
Mojarra negra in Spanish (español)
Perca negra in Spanish (español)
Sort brændingsaborre in Danish (dansk)
Svart Bränningsabborre in Swedish (Svenska)
Szumien strojny in Polish (polski)
海鯽 in Mandarin Chinese
海鲫 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Perciformes
Family : Embiotocidae
Genus : Embiotoca
Species : Embiotoca jacksoni
Authority : Agassiz, 1853