Species
Hyperprosopon ellipticum (Silver surfperch)
Hyperprosopon ellipticum. Photo: (c) prickly_sculpin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Hyperprosopon ellipticum, the silver surfperch, is a species of surfperch native to the eastern Pacific Ocean. This species is also displayed in public aquariums.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
- Order: Cichliformes (Cichlids, convict blennies, and allies)
- Family: Embiotocidae (Surfperches)
- Genus: Hyperprosopon
- Species: Hyperprosopon ellipticum (Silver surfperch)
- Genus: Hyperprosopon
- Family: Embiotocidae (Surfperches)
- Order: Cichliformes (Cichlids, convict blennies, and allies)
- Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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