''Hyperprosopon'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
surfperch
The surfperches are a family of perciform fishes, the Embiotocidae. They are mainly found in northeast Pacific Ocean (as far south as Baja California), but a few species (genera ''Ditrema'' and '' Neoditrema'') are found in the northwest Pacific ...
es native to the eastern
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the contine ...
.
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Hyperprosopon anale
The spotfin surfperch (''Hyperprosopon anale'') is a species of ray-finned fish from the surfperch family Embiotocidae. It occurs along the western coast of North AMerica from Oregon to Baja California where it occurs in waters down to . It is v ...
''
Agassiz, 1861 (Spotfin surfperch)
* ''
Hyperprosopon argenteum
''Hyperprosopon argenteum'', the walleye surfperch, is a species of surfperch native to the eastern Pacific Ocean.
Description
The body of the Walleye surfperch is oval and strongly compressed. The head is small and the eyes are large. The mouth ...
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Gibbons Gibbons may refer to:
* The plural of gibbon, an ape in the family Hylobatidae
* Gibbons (surname)
* Gibbons, Alberta
* Gibbons (automobile), a British light car of the 1920s
* Gibbons P.C., a leading American law firm headquartered in New Jerse ...
, 1854 (Walleye surfperch)
* ''
Hyperprosopon ellipticum
''Hyperprosopon ellipticum'', the silver surfperch, is a species of surfperch native to the eastern Pacific Ocean. This species is also displayed in public aquariums.
Description
The body of the Silver surfperch is oval and strongly compressed. ...
''
(Gibbons Gibbons may refer to:
* The plural of gibbon, an ape in the family Hylobatidae
* Gibbons (surname)
* Gibbons, Alberta
* Gibbons (automobile), a British light car of the 1920s
* Gibbons P.C., a leading American law firm headquartered in New Jerse ...
, 1854) (Silver surfperch)
References
Embiotocidae
Marine fish genera
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