Embiotoca jacksoni
| Embiotoca jacksoni | |
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| At the Aquarium of the Pacific | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| 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 surfperch native to shallow coastal areas of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Other common names of the species include black perch and butterlips. They are commercially important food and game fish.