Tule perch
| Tule perch | |
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| Hysterocarpus traskii pomo | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Embiotocidae |
| Genus: | Hysterocarpus Gibbons, 1854 |
| Species: | H. traskii
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| Binomial name | |
| Hysterocarpus traskii Gibbons, 1854
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The tule perch (Hysterocarpus traskii) is a surfperch (Embiotocidae) native to the rivers and estuaries of central California. It is the sole member of its genus, and the only freshwater surfperch. It has three subspecies: the Russian River tule perch (H. t. pomo), the Clear Lake tule perch (H. t. lagunae), and the Sacramento tule perch (H.t. traskii).