WoRMS taxon details
Embiotoca jacksoni Agassiz, 1853
240746 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:240746)
accepted
Species
Embiotoca cassidyi Girard, 1854 · unaccepted
Embiotoca jacksonii Agassiz, 1853 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Embiotoca webbi Girard, 1855 · unaccepted
Holconotus fuliginosus Gibbons, 1854 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Agassiz, L. (1853). Extraordinary fishes from California, constituting a new family, described by L. Agassiz. <em>Am. J. Sci. Arts.</em> (Ser. 2) v. 16 (no. 48): 380-390., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28464002
page(s): 387 [details]
page(s): 387 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Embiotoca jacksoni Agassiz, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=240746 on 2026-09-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Agassiz, L. (1853). Extraordinary fishes from California, constituting a new family, described by L. Agassiz. <em>Am. J. Sci. Arts.</em> (Ser. 2) v. 16 (no. 48): 380-390., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28464002
page(s): 387 [details]
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
page(s): 387 [details]
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (23 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Embiotoca jacksonii Agassiz, 1853)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Embiotoca cassidyi Girard, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (61 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Embiotoca webbi Girard, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Holconotus fuliginosus Gibbons, 1854)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Embiotoca jacksoni)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Embiotoca cassidyi Girard, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Embiotoca jacksonii Agassiz, 1853)
To FishBase (from synonym Holconotus fuliginosus Gibbons, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Embiotoca webbi Girard, 1855)
To GenBank (64548 nucleotides; 80 proteins) (from synonym Embiotoca jacksonii Agassiz, 1853)
To GenBank (64548 nucleotides; 80 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Embiotoca jacksonii Agassiz, 1853)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Embiotoca cassidyi Girard, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (61 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Embiotoca webbi Girard, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Holconotus fuliginosus Gibbons, 1854)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Embiotoca jacksoni)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Embiotoca cassidyi Girard, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Embiotoca jacksonii Agassiz, 1853)
To FishBase (from synonym Holconotus fuliginosus Gibbons, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Embiotoca webbi Girard, 1855)
To GenBank (64548 nucleotides; 80 proteins) (from synonym Embiotoca jacksonii Agassiz, 1853)
To GenBank (64548 nucleotides; 80 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS