Walleye surfperch (Hyperprosopon argenteum) is a saltwater species recorded in the United States.
Scientific name: Hyperprosopon argenteum · Water: Saltwater
Size: up to 30 cm
The walleye surfperch is a demersal embiotocid that lives in the surf on sand beaches and over sand near rocks, often around piers; it often occurs in dense schools and feeds on small crustaceans. It is viviparous, with the female carrying the developing young and usually bearing five to twelve young. Maximum length is about 30 cm total length, and it can live six years. It is a commercial species and a gamefish, and it is an important game species. Fishing vulnerability is low at 21 of 100 and resilience low; no IUCN assessment is recorded for it.
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