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.
Prey family or group Prey species Gadidae Unidentified gadid species Walleye Pollock Clupeidae Herring (2) American Shad (Aloca sapidissima) Salmonidae Juvenile Chinook Salmon Juvenile salmon species Adult Chinook Salmon Adult salmon species Cottidae Pacific Staghorn Sculpin Ammodytidae Pacific Sand Lance (3)
Embiotocidae Shiner Perch Rajidae Skate species Scorpaenidae Juvenile rockfish species Adult rockfish species Biomass reconstruction estimates for prey of breeding seals No.
Crossochur koelzi, a new Californian surf-fish of the family
Embiotocidae. Proceedings of the U.S.
Functional design and prey capture dynamics in an ecologically generalized surfperch (
Embiotocidae).
(40)), including eulachon, staghorn sculpin, Pacific herring, starry flounder, and other flatfish, smelts, lamprey, juvenile salmonids, Pacific tomcod, American shad, surfperch (
Embiotocidae), northern anchovy, and Pacific whiting (Riemer and Brown (24); Browne et al.
Patch selection by juvenile black surfperch (
Embiotocidae) under variable risk: interactive influence of food quality and structural complexity.
The effect of birth date on fitness of female dwarf perch, Micrometrus minimus (Perciformis:
Embiotocidae).
magister and several dominant piscine predators (Cottidae, Gadidae, Plueronectidae,
Embiotocidae, Salmonidae) (Rogers et al.
3 0.04 (0.04) Sebastes earnatus 1 0.00 (0.00) Cephaloscyllium ventriosum 1 0.00 (0.00) Halichoeres semicinctus 1 0.04 (0.04) Heterodontus Jrancisci 1 0.00 (0.00) Myliobatis californica 1 0.00 (0.00) Phanerodon atripes 1 0.00 (0.00) Unidentified
Embiotocidae 1 0.00 (0.00) All fishes 1758 26.86 (4.05) Pipe Scientific name Mean (SE) Oxvjulis californica 8.46 (2.13) Citharichthvs spp.
An experimental analysis of territoriality in the California reef fish Embiotoca jacksoni (
Embiotocidae).