- New England Aquarium. Used with permission.
Black perch are also called black surfperch and butterlips. In spite of their name, black perch, these fish are rarely, if ever, black. Their coloration can be orange, red, gray, green, various shades of brown, and other colors.
Facts and Features
- Geographic Distribution
Fort Bragg in northern California to central Baja California. More commonly central California to Baja California, Mexico
- Amazing Facts
The black perch’s species name. jacksoni, is derived from that of A. C. Jackson, the individual who, in the nineteenth century, first made the observation that surfperches gave birth to live young.
- At the Aquarium
The Aquarium habitats for black perch are the Amber Forest in the Southern California/Baja Gallery and the Shorebird Sanctuary.