''Hyperprosopon'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
surfperch
The surfperches are a family of percomorph 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 Pacifi ...
es native to the eastern
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five Borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is ...
.
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:
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Hyperprosopon anale
The spotfin surfperch (''Hyperprosopon anale'') is a species of ray-finned fish from the surfperch Family (biology), family Embiotocidae. It occurs along the western coast of North America from Oregon to Baja California where it occurs in waters ...
''
Agassiz
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz ( ; ) FRS (For) FRSE (May 28, 1807 – December 14, 1873) was a Swiss-born American biologist and geologist who is recognized as a scholar of Earth's natural history.
Spending his early life in Switzerland, he recei ...
, 1861 (Spotfin surfperch)
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Hyperprosopon argenteum
''Hyperprosopon argenteum'', the walleye surfperch, is a species of surfperch native to the Eastern Pacific Ocean. It may also be known as the bigeye perch and chinese pompano. They are one of three species in the genus Hyperprosopon.
Descripti ...
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Gibbons Gibbons may refer to:
* Gibbon, an ape in the family Hylobatidae
* Gibbons (surname)
* Gibbons, Alberta
Gibbons is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is located on Alberta Highway 28A, Highway 28A, northeast of Edmonton.
Gibbons is situate ...
, 1854 (Walleye surfperch)
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Hyperprosopon ellipticum
''Hyperprosopon ellipticum'', the silver surfperch, is a species of surfperch native to the Eastern Pacific Ocean. They are one of three species in the genus Hyperprosopon. They may also be known as mojarra ovalada in Mexico.
Etymology
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Gibbons Gibbons may refer to:
* Gibbon, an ape in the family Hylobatidae
* Gibbons (surname)
* Gibbons, Alberta
Gibbons is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is located on Alberta Highway 28A, Highway 28A, northeast of Edmonton.
Gibbons is situate ...
, 1854 (Silver surfperch)
References
Embiotocidae
Marine fish genera
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