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Barred Surfperch
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Barred Surfperch

Amphistichus argenteus

Amphistichus argenteus, the Barred surfperch, is a species of surfperch native to inshore waters from northern California, United States to southern Baja California, Mexico. This species can reach a length of 43 centimetres (17 in) TL though most do not exceed 30 centimetres (12 in) TL. The maximum recorded weight is 2.0 kilograms (4.4 lb). Like other surfperches, it gives birth to live young. The diet of the barred surfperch consists predominantly of sand crabs .

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 117551.