Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 8 - 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 25 - 28; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 30 - 35; Vertebrae: 33 - 37. Dark blue dorsally, sides and belly silvery with young having narrow golden vertical bars; tips of pelvic fins black; dusky on edge of caudal fin (Ref. 6885).

Common Names

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Storøjet brændingsaborre , Danish , Denmark

Walleye seaperch , English , Canada

Walleye surfperch , English , Canada

Walleye surfperch , English , USA

銀大眼海鯽 , Mandarin Chinese , China

银大眼海鲫 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Szumien zezik , Polish , Poland

Mojarra ojona , Spanish , Mexico

Perca , Spanish , Mexico

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Ovalentaria/misc

Family: Embiotocidae

Genus: Hyperprosopon

Species: Hyperprosopon argenteum Gibbons, 1854

Climate Zone

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Subtropical

Location

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Biology

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Live in surf on sand beaches and over sand near rocks, often around piers. Often occur in dense schools. Feed on small crustaceans. Viviparous, female carries the developing young (Ref. 205). Usually bear 5-12 young. An important game species.

Habitat

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demersal