Shiner perch
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Family: | Embiotocidae |
| Genus: | Cymatogaster |
| Species: | C. aggregata
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| Cymatogaster aggregata Gibbons, 1854
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The shiner perch (Cymatogaster aggregata) is a common surfperch found in estuaries, lagoons, and coastal streams along the Pacific coast from Alaska to Baja California. It is the sole member of its genus. The shiner perch is also known as seven-eleven and shiner seaperch.[2]
Shiner perches are similar to
anal fin
has 3 spines followed by 22–25 rays.
They are one of the most common fish in the bays and estuaries of their range, favoring beds of eelgrass, and often accumulating around piers as well. They feed on zooplankton such as copepods, but have been observed to bottom feed as well.
They are often found with parasitic isopods such as the Elthusa californica feeding off of them from their opercular cavity of the gill chamber.
References
- Peter B. Moyle, Inland Fishes of California (University of California Press, 2002), pp. 428–429
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Cymatogaster aggregata" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
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