Animal of ThingsDifferent Types of Surfperches: 21 Species From Surf to Deep Water
Few fish families capture the diversity of the Pacific Coast quite like the surfperches — a group of live-bearing, mostly marine fish that thrive everywhere from crashing shoreline surf to quiet kelp forests and rocky reefs. Whether you spot them darting through the shallows at a sandy beach or hovering near a barnacle-crusted piling, these fish have carved out an impressive range of ecological niches along the western edge of North America. The surfperch family, Embiotocidae, contains […]