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title: "Shiner Surfperch"
description: "Cymatogaster aggregata — Ryby. The shiner perch (Cymatogaster aggregata) is a common surfperch found in estuaries, lagoons, and coastal streams along the Pacific coast from Alaska to Baja California."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/shiner-surfperch
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Shiner Surfperch

> Cymatogaster aggregata — Ryby. The shiner perch (Cymatogaster aggregata) is a common surfperch found in estuaries, lagoons, and coastal streams along the Pacific coast from Alaska to Baja California.

- Scientific name: *Cymatogaster aggregata*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 2720
- Wikidata: [Q140861](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q140861)
- iNaturalist taxon: [98855](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/98855)

## Names

- en: Shiner Surfperch
- de: Glanz-Brandungsbarsch
- es: Mojarra brillosa
- nl: Cymatogaster

## Countries with the most observations

US (1337), CA (1039)

## Summary

The shiner perch (Cymatogaster aggregata) is a common surfperch found in estuaries, lagoons, and coastal streams along the Pacific coast from Alaska to Baja California. It is the sole member of its genus.  The shiner perch is also known as seven-eleven and shiner seaperch.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiner_perch

## Photo

![Shiner Surfperch](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/shiner-surfperch/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ellyne Geurts · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/99953433

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/shiner-surfperch?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).