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Hyperprosopon ellipticum (Silver surfperch)

Synonyms: Cymatogaster ellipticus
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Wikipedia Abstract

Hyperprosopon ellipticum, the silver surfperch, is a species of surfperch native to the eastern Pacific Ocean. This species is also displayed in public aquariums.
View Wikipedia Record: Hyperprosopon ellipticum

Attributes

Maximum Longevity [1]  7 years

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary   California, United States
Channel Islands National Park II 139010 California, United States
Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary   California, United States
Pacific Rim National Park Reserve II 137900 British Columbia, Canada

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Genitocotyle acirrus[2]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495.
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0