Pink surfperch

{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | genus = Zalembius | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn">{{cite iucn |author=Allen, G. |author2=Robertson, R. |author3=Lea, B. |year=2010 |title=''Zalembius rosaceus'' |volume=2010 |article-number=e.T184037A8226164 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T184037A8226164.en |access-date=5 March 2025}}</ref> | parent_authority = Jordan & Evermann, 1896 | species = rosaceus | authority = (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880) }}

The '''pink surfperch''' ('''''Zalembius rosaceus'''''), or '''pink seaperch''', is a species of surfperch native to the eastern Pacific Ocean from Point Delgada, California, United States to southern Baja California. It is also present in the Gulf of California. This species is an offshore member of the surfperch family (the Embiotocidae), and occurs at depths of from {{convert|8|to|229|m|ft}}. The Pink surfperch grows to a length of {{convert|20|cm|in}} TL. It is the only known member of its genus.<ref>{{FishBase |genus= Zalembius|species= rosaceus| month = April | year = 2013}}</ref>

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Category:Embiotocidae Category:Fish described in 1880 Category:Taxa named by David Starr Jordan Category:Taxa named by Charles Henry Gilbert