Description

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Common Names

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Regnbue-brændingsaborre , Danish , Denmark

Rainbow seaperch , English , USA

Rainbow seaperch , English , Global

Rainbow surfperch , English , USA

硬头海鲫 , Mandarin Chinese , China

硬頭海鯽 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Mojarra arcoiris , Spanish , Mexico

Perca , Spanish , Mexico

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Ovalentaria/misc

Family: Embiotocidae

Genus: Hypsurus

Species: Hypsurus caryi (Agassiz, 1853)

Climate Zone

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Subtropical

Location

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Biology

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Adults occur in rocky shores, often at edges of kelp beds, occasionally over sand but not in surf (Ref. 2850). Viviparous, female carries the developing young (Ref. 205). Caught mostly by rocky shore fishermen. Aggregates in the fall.

Habitat

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demersal