Rhacochilus Toxotes
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''Rhacochilus'' is a
genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
surfperch The surfperches are a family of perciform fishes, the Embiotocidae. They are mainly found in northeast Pacific Ocean (as far south as Baja California), but a few species (genera '' Ditrema'' and '' Neoditrema'') are found in the northwest Pacifi ...
es native to the eastern
Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...
.


Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus: * ''
Rhacochilus toxotes ''Rhacochilus'' is a genus of surfperches native to the eastern Pacific Ocean. Species There are currently two recognized species in this genus: * '' Rhacochilus toxotes'' Agassiz Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz ( ; ) FRS (For) FRSE (May 28, 1 ...
'' Agassiz, 1854 (Rubberlip surfperch) * ''
Rhacochilus vacca ''Rhacochilus'' is a genus of surfperches native to the eastern Pacific Ocean. Species There are currently two recognized species in this genus: * ''Rhacochilus toxotes'' Agassiz Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz ( ; ) FRS (For) FRSE (May 28, 18 ...
'' ( Girard, 1855) (Pile perch)


References

Embiotocidae Marine fish genera Taxa named by Louis Agassiz {{ray-finned fish-stub