Accepted Article 1 Effects of size and sex on the courting success and foraging behaviour of Embiotoca jacksoni DARIEN R. SATTERFIELD | MARK A. STEELE Department of Biology, California State University, Northridge, California, USA Correspondence D. R. Satterfield, Department of Biology, California State University, Northridge, CA 91330- 8303, USA Email: darien.glave@gmail.com Funding information This study was made possible by the Marine Biology Semester program of the Ocean Studies Institute and additional funding for the program was provided by California State University Northridge. ABSTRACT To test life-history theory that body size and sex should influence how animals allocate time to foraging versus reproductive activities, we measured the effects of size and sex on courting success and foraging behaviour of black surfperch Embiotoca jacksoni off Santa Catalina Island, southern California. Observations of focal fish were made while snorkelling, during which the This article has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Fish Biology and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1111/jfb.13981 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.