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Embiotoca jacksoni Agassiz, 1853

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Ovalentaria/misc

Family: Embiotocidae

Genus: Embiotoca

Species: Embiotoca jacksoni Agassiz, 1853

Climate Zone

  • Subtropical

    • Location

  • Eastern Pacific: Fort Bragg in northern California, USA to central Baja California in Mexico, including Guadalupe Island (off northern central Baja California).

    • Biology

    Adults chiefly live in rocky areas near kelp, occasionally over sand bottom of coastal bays and around piers and pilings, and rarely in surf. Occur from intertidal areas to 46 m depth, but usually at about 6.1 m. Usually form small groups. Viviparous, female carries the developing young (Ref. 205).

    Habitat

    demersal

    Conservation Status

    Least Concern

    Threat to Humans

    Harmless