Eelpout


The eelpouts are the ray-finned fish family Zoarcidae. As the common name suggests, they are somewhat eel-like in appearance, with elongated bodies and the dorsal and anal fins continuous with the caudal fin. All of the roughly 300 species are marine and mostly bottom-dwelling, some at great depths.
They are conventionally placed in the "perciform" assemblage; in fact, the Zoarcoidei seem to be specialized members of the Gasterosteiformes-Scorpaeniformes group of Acanthopterygii.
The largest member of the family is Zoarces americanus, which may reach 1.1 m in length. Other notable family members include Lycodapus and Gymnelus.

Genera

This family contains about 61 genera and 300 species:



  • Aiakas Gosztonyi, 1977
  • Andriashevia Fedorov & Neyelov, 1978
  • Argentinolycus Matallanas & Corbella, 2012
  • Austrolycus Regan, 1913
  • Barbapellis Iglésias, Dettai, & Ozouf-Costaz, 2012
  • Bellingshausenia Matallanas, 2009
  • Bentartia Matallanas, 2010
  • Bilabria Schmidt, 1936
  • Bothrocara Bean, 1890
  • Bothrocarina Suvorov, 1935
  • Crossostomus Lahille, 1908
  • Dadyanos Whitley, 1951
  • Davidijordania Popov, 1931
  • Derepodichthys Gilbert, 1896
  • Dieidolycus Anderson, 1988
  • Ericandersonia Shinohara & Sakurai, 2006
  • Eucryphycus Anderson, 1988
  • Eulophias Smith, 1902
  • Exechodontes DeWitt, 1977
  • Gosztonyia Matallanas, 2009
  • Gymnelopsis Soldatov, 1922
  • Gymnelus Reinhardt, 1834
  • Hadropareia Schmidt, 1904
  • Hadropogonichthys Schmidt, 1904
  • Iluocoetes Jenyns, 1842
  • Japonolycodes Shinohara, Sakurai & Machida, 2002
  • Krusensterniella Schmidt, 1904
  • Letholycus Anderson, 1988
  • Leucogrammolycus Mincarone & Anderson, 2008
  • Lycenchelys Gill, 1884
  • Lycodapus Gilbert, 1890
  • Lycodes Reinhardt, 1831
  • Lycodichthys Pappenheim, 1911
  • Lycodonus Goode & Bean, 1883
  • Lycogrammoides Soldatov & Lindberg, 1929
  • Lyconema Gilbert, 1896
  • Lycozoarces Popov, 1935
  • Magadanichthys Shinohara, Nazarkin, Yabe & Chereshnev, 2006
  • Maynea Cunningham, 1871
  • Melanostigma Günther, 1881
  • Nalbantichthys Schultz, 1967
  • Neozoarces Steindachner, 1880
  • Notolycodes Gosztonyi, 1977
  • Oidiphorus McAllister & Rees, 1964
  • Opaeophacus Bond & Stein, 1984
  • Ophthalmolycus Regan, 1913
  • Pachycara Zugmayer, 1911
  • Patagolycus Matallanas & Corbella, 2012
  • Petroschmidtia Taranetz & Andriashev, 1934
  • Phucocoetes Jenyns, 1842
  • Piedrabuenia Gosztonyi, 1977
  • Plesienchelys Anderson, 1988
  • Pogonolycus Norman, 1937
  • Puzanovia Fedorov, 1975
  • Pyrolycus Machida & Hashimoto, 2002
  • Santelmoa Matallanas, 2010
  • Seleniolycus Anderson, 1988
  • Taranetzella Andriashev, 1952
  • Thermarces Rosenblatt & Cohen, 1986
  • Zoarces Cuvier, 1829
  • Zoarchias'' Jordan & Snyder, 1902

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