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Family: Zoarcidae Eelpouts



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303 species (see list below)

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Southwest Atlantic
Max. Length 30.1 cm SL
 
Aiakas kreffti
[]
No picture found
Southwest Atlantic
Max. Length 8.7 cm SL
 
Aiakas zinorum
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 19.3 cm SL
 
Andriashevia aptera
[]

Photo by Delpiani, M.S.

Southwest Atlantic
Max. Length 14.7 cm SL
Argentinolycus elongatus (Smitt, 1898)

Photo by Delpiani, M.S.
 
Argentinolycus elongatus
[]

Photo by Lloris, D.

Southeast Pacific and Sou
Max. Length 57 cm TL
Austrolycus depressiceps Regan, 1913

Photo by Lloris, D.
 
Austrolycus depressiceps
[]

Photo by Reyes, P.

Southwest Atlantic
Max. Length 82.4 cm TL
Austrolycus laticinctus (Berg, 1895)

Photo by Reyes, P.
 
Austrolycus laticinctus
[]

Photo by Iglesias, S.P.

Southern Ocean
Max. Length 20.4 cm TL
Barbapellis pterygalces Iglésias, Dettai & Ozouf-Costaz, 2012

Photo by Iglesias, S.P.
 
Barbapellis pterygalces
[Moose eelpout]
No picture found
Antarctic
Max. Length 28 cm SL
 
Bellingshausenia olasoi
[]
No picture found
Atlantic
Max. Length 33.2 cm SL
 
Bentartia cinerea
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 31.3 cm SL
 
Bilabria gigantea
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 19.8 cm SL
 
Bilabria ornata
[]

Photo by Orlov, A.

North Pacific
Max. Length 74 cm TL
Bothrocara brunneum (Bean, 1890)

Photo by Orlov, A.
 
Bothrocara brunneum
[Twoline eelpout]
No picture found
Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 51.5 cm SL
 
Bothrocara elongatum
[]

Photo by Orlov, A.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 31.8 cm SL
Bothrocara hollandi (Jordan & Hubbs, 1925)

Photo by Orlov, A.
 
Bothrocara hollandi
[]

Photo by Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish.

North Pacific
Max. Length 56 cm TL
Bothrocara molle Bean, 1890

Photo by Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish.
 
Bothrocara molle
[Soft eelpout]
No picture found
Northeast Pacific
Max. Length 21.7 cm SL
 
Bothrocara nyx
[]

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

Northeast Pacific
Max. Length 14.5 cm SL
Bothrocara pusillum (Bean, 1890)

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada
 
Bothrocara pusillum
[Alaska eelpout]

Photo by Orlov, A.

Northwest Pacific

Bothrocara soldatovi (Schmidt, 1950)

Photo by Orlov, A.
 
Bothrocara soldatovi
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 64.5 cm SL
 
Bothrocara tanakae
[]

Photo by Orlov, A.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 50 cm TL
Bothrocarina microcephala (Schmidt, 1938)

Photo by Orlov, A.
 
Bothrocarina microcephala
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 45 cm TL
 
Bothrocarina nigrocaudata
[]

Photo by Lloris, D.

Southeast Pacific and Sou
Max. Length 22 cm SL
Crossostomus chilensis (Regan, 1913)

Photo by Lloris, D.
 
Crossostomus chilensis
[]
No picture found
Southwest Atlantic
Max. Length 33.5 cm SL
 
Crossostomus fasciatus
[]

Photo by Gosztonyi, A.E.

Southwest Atlantic
Max. Length 22.8 cm SL
Dadyanos insignis (Steindachner, 1898)

Photo by Gosztonyi, A.E.
 
Dadyanos insignis
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 14.6 cm SL
 
Davidijordania brachyrhyncha
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 15 cm TL
 
Davidijordania jordaniana
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
 
Davidijordania lacertina
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 15 cm TL
 
Davidijordania poecilimon
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 15.7 cm SL
 
Davidijordania yabei
[]

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 16 cm TL
Derepodichthys alepidotus Gilbert, 1896

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada
 
Derepodichthys alepidotus
[Cuskpout]

Photo by FAO

Western Central Pacific

Dieidolycus adocetus Anderson, 1994

Photo by FAO
 
Dieidolycus adocetus
[]
No picture found
Southeast Pacific
 
Dieidolycus gosztonyii
[]
No picture found
Southern Ocean
Max. Length 16.6 cm TL
 
Dieidolycus leptodermatus
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 21.4 cm SL
 
Ericandersonia sagamia
[]
No picture found
Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 22 cm TL
 
Eucryphycus californicus
[Persimmon eelpout]

Photo by Kim, J.K.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 16.1 cm SL
Eulophias koreanus Kwun & Kim, 2012

Photo by Kim, J.K.
 
Eulophias koreanus
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 17 cm SL
 
Eulophias owashii
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 4.5 cm SL
 
Eulophias tanneri
[]
No picture found
Western Atlantic
Max. Length 10 cm SL
 
Exechodontes daidaleus
[]
No picture found
Antarctica
Max. Length 30 cm SL
 
Gosztonyia antarctica
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 9.7 cm SL
 
Gymnelopsis brashnikovi
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 8.9 cm SL
 
Gymnelopsis brevifenestrata
[]

Photo by Nazarkin, M.V.

Northwest Pacific

Gymnelopsis humilis Nazarkin & Chernova, 2003

Photo by Nazarkin, M.V.
 
Gymnelopsis humilis
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 13.4 cm SL
 
Gymnelopsis ocellata
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 25.2 cm SL
 
Gymnelopsis ochotensis
[]
No picture found
Arctic
Max. Length 14 cm TL
 
Gymnelus andersoni
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 10.7 cm TL
 
Gymnelus diporus
[]
No picture found
Arctic Ocean.
 
Gymnelus esipovi
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 8.2 cm TL
 
Gymnelus gracilis
[]

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

Arctic
Max. Length 10.5 cm SL
Gymnelus hemifasciatus Andriashev, 1937

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada
 
Gymnelus hemifasciatus
[Halfbarred pout]
No picture found
North Pacific
Max. Length 15.6 cm TL
 
Gymnelus obscurus
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 13.6 cm SL
 
Gymnelus pauciporus
[]
No picture found
North Pacific
Max. Length 10 cm SL
 
Gymnelus popovi
[Aleutian pout]

Photo by Svensen, E.

Arctic to Northeast Atlan
Max. Length 14 cm TL
Gymnelus retrodorsalis Le Danois, 1913

Photo by Svensen, E.
 
Gymnelus retrodorsalis
[Aurora unernak]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 11.1 cm TL
 
Gymnelus soldatovi
[]
No picture found
Northeast Atlantic
 
Gymnelus taeniatus
[]

Photo by Armesto, A.

Arctic
Max. Length 56 cm TL
Gymnelus viridis (Fabricius, 1780)

Photo by Armesto, A.
 
Gymnelus viridis
[Fish doctor]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 17.8 cm SL
 
Hadropareia middendorffii
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 13.7 cm SL
 
Hadropareia semisquamata
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 37 cm TL
 
Hadropogonichthys lindbergi
[]

Photo by Lloris, D.

Southeast Pacific and Sou
Max. Length 35.6 cm TL
Iluocoetes fimbriatus Jenyns, 1842

Photo by Lloris, D.
 
Iluocoetes fimbriatus
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
 
Japonolycodes abei
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 14 cm TL
 
Krusensterniella maculata
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 12.5 cm SL
 
Krusensterniella multispinosa
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
 
Krusensterniella notabilis
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 12.4 cm SL
 
Krusensterniella pavlovskii
[]
No picture found
Southwest Atlantic
Max. Length 15 cm SL
 
Letholycus magellanicus
[]
No picture found
Southwest Atlantic
Max. Length 9 cm SL
 
Letholycus microphthalmus
[]

Photo by Vaske Jr., T.

Southwest Atlantic
Max. Length 20.5 cm SL
Leucogrammolycus brychios Mincarone & Anderson, 2008

Photo by Vaske Jr., T.
 
Leucogrammolycus brychios
[White-line eelpout]
No picture found
Northeast Atlantic
Max. Length 26.7 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys alba
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 18.4 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys albeola
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 43.8 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys albomaculata
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 12.3 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys alta
[]

Photo by FAO

Southern Ocean and Atlant
Max. Length 24.8 cm SL
Lycenchelys antarctica Regan, 1913

Photo by FAO
 
Lycenchelys antarctica
[]
No picture found
Southern Ocean
Max. Length 21.9 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys aratrirostris
[]
No picture found
Southern Ocean
Max. Length 26 cm TL
 
Lycenchelys argentina
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 13.6 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys aurantiaca
[]
No picture found
Southwest Atlantic
Max. Length 31.5 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys bachmanni
[]
No picture found
Southern Ocean
Max. Length 26.6 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys bellingshauseni
[]
No picture found
Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 17.6 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys bullisi
[]
No picture found
Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 20.3 cm TL
 
Lycenchelys callista
[]
No picture found
North Pacific
Max. Length 14.5 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys camchatica
[]
No picture found
Southeast Pacific
 
Lycenchelys chauliodus
[]
No picture found
Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 26.2 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys cicatrifer
[]

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 42.2 cm SL
Lycenchelys crotalinus (Gilbert, 1890)

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada
 
Lycenchelys crotalinus
[Snakehead eelpout]

Photo by Orlov, A.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 42 cm TL
Lycenchelys fedorovi Anderson & Balanov, 2000

Photo by Orlov, A.
 
Lycenchelys fedorovi
[]
No picture found
Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 15.8 cm TL
 
Lycenchelys folletti
[]
No picture found
Southeast Pacific
Max. Length 18.2 cm TL
 
Lycenchelys hadrogeneia
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 22.1 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys hippopotamus
[]
No picture found
Southern Ocean
Max. Length 26.6 cm TL
 
Lycenchelys hureaui
[]
No picture found
Southeast Pacific
Max. Length 21.2 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys imamurai
[]
No picture found
Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 24 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys incisa
[]

Photo by Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish.

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 33 cm SL
Lycenchelys jordani (Evermann & Goldsborough, 1907)

Photo by Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish.
 
Lycenchelys jordani
[Shortjaw eelpout]

Photo by Svensen, R.

Arctic, Northwest to Nort
Max. Length 23.2 cm SL
Lycenchelys kolthoffi Jensen, 1904

Photo by Svensen, R.
 
Lycenchelys kolthoffi
[Checkered wolf eel]
No picture found
Southeast Pacific
Max. Length 37 cm TL
 
Lycenchelys lonchoura
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 29.8 cm TL
 
Lycenchelys maculata
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 14.0 cm TL
 
Lycenchelys makushok
[]
No picture found
Southwest Pacific
 
Lycenchelys maoriensis
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 22.7 cm TL
 
Lycenchelys melanostomias
[]
No picture found
North Pacific
 
Lycenchelys micropora
[]
No picture found
Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 24.2 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys monstrosa
[]

Photo by DESCNA

Arctic
Max. Length 22.6 cm SL
Lycenchelys muraena (Collett, 1878)

Photo by DESCNA
 
Lycenchelys muraena
[Moray wolf eel]
No picture found
Southern Ocean
Max. Length 18.5 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys nanospinata
[]
No picture found
Southern Ocean
Max. Length 28 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys nigripalatum
[]
No picture found
Southwestern Pacific.
 
Lycenchelys novaezealandiae
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 16.4 cm TL
 
Lycenchelys parini
[Parin's wolf eelpout]

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 17.5 cm SL
Lycenchelys paxillus (Goode & Bean, 1879)

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada
 
Lycenchelys paxillus
[Common wolf eel]
No picture found
Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 38.5 cm TL
 
Lycenchelys pearcyi
[]
No picture found
Southeast Pacific
Max. Length 15.3 cm TL
 
Lycenchelys pentactina
[]
No picture found
Southeast Pacific
Max. Length 19.3 cm TL
 
Lycenchelys pequenoi
[]
No picture found
Southeast Pacific
Max. Length 10.5 cm TL
 
Lycenchelys peruana
[]
No picture found
Arctic
Max. Length 14.6 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys platyrhina
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 18.8 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys plicifera
[]
No picture found
Southwestern Pacific.
 
Lycenchelys polyodon
[]
No picture found
Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 29.9 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys porifer
[]
No picture found
North Pacific
Max. Length 22.4 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys rassi
[]
No picture found
North Pacific
Max. Length 18.5 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys ratmanovi
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 21 cm TL
 
Lycenchelys remissaria
[Shifted wolf eelpout]
No picture found
North Pacific
Max. Length 23.5 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys rosea
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 17.0 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys ryukyuensis
[]

Photo by Byrkjedal, I.

North Atlantic
Max. Length 20 cm TL
Lycenchelys sarsii (Collett, 1871)

Photo by Byrkjedal, I.
 
Lycenchelys sarsii
[Sar's wolf eel]
No picture found
Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 19.2 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys scaurus
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 22.3 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys squamosa
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 27 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys tohokuensis
[]
No picture found
Southern Ocean
Max. Length 30.4 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys tristichodon
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 25.4 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys uschakovi
[]

Photo by Flescher, D.

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 25 cm TL
Lycenchelys verrillii (Goode & Bean, 1877)

Photo by Flescher, D.
 
Lycenchelys verrillii
[Wolf eelpout]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 8.5 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys vitiazi
[]
No picture found
North Pacific
Max. Length 20.5 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys volki
[]
No picture found
Southern Ocean
Max. Length 24.9 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys wilkesi
[]
No picture found
Southern Ocean
Max. Length 27 cm TL
 
Lycenchelys xanthoptera
[]
No picture found
Southern Ocean
Max. Length 22.5 cm TL
 
Lycodapus antarcticus
[]
No picture found
Southeast Pacific
Max. Length 8.6 cm SL
 
Lycodapus australis
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 12.3 cm SL
 
Lycodapus derjugini
[]
No picture found
Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 8.9 cm SL
 
Lycodapus dermatinus
[]

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

Western Pacific
Max. Length 12.4 cm SL
Lycodapus endemoscotus Peden & Anderson, 1978

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada
 
Lycodapus endemoscotus
[Deepwater slipskin]
No picture found
Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 15 cm TL
 
Lycodapus fierasfer
[Blackmouth eelpout]
No picture found
Northeast Pacific
Max. Length 9.9 cm SL
 
Lycodapus leptus
[Slender eelpout]

Photo by Power, B.

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 20 cm TL
Lycodapus mandibularis Gilbert, 1915

Photo by Power, B.
 
Lycodapus mandibularis
[Pallid eelpout]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 7.7 cm SL
 
Lycodapus microchir
[]

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

Northeast Pacific
Max. Length 20 cm TL
Lycodapus pachysoma Peden & Anderson, 1978

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada
 
Lycodapus pachysoma
[Stout slipskin]

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

Northeast Pacific
Max. Length 9.8 cm SL
Lycodapus parviceps Gilbert, 1896

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada
 
Lycodapus parviceps
[Smallhead eelpout]
No picture found
North Pacific
Max. Length 9.4 cm SL
 
Lycodapus poecilus
[]
No picture found
Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 13.4 cm SL
 
Lycodapus psarostomatus
[Specklemouth eelpout]

Photo by Wenneck, T.

Northeast Atlantic
Max. Length 24 cm NG
Lycodes adolfi Nielsen & Fosså, 1993

Photo by Wenneck, T.
 
Lycodes adolfi
[Adolf's eelpout]
No picture found
Northeast Pacific
Max. Length 32.4 cm SL
 
Lycodes akuugun
[]

Photo by Orlov, A.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 77 cm TL
Lycodes albolineatus Andriashev, 1955

Photo by Orlov, A.
 
Lycodes albolineatus
[Whitebar eelpout]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
 
Lycodes albonotatus
[]
No picture found
North Pacific
 
Lycodes bathybius
[]
No picture found
Northern Pacific
Max. Length 35.6 cm SL
 
Lycodes beringi
[Bering eelpout]
No picture found
North Pacific
Max. Length 30 cm TL
 
Lycodes brevipes
[Shortfin eelpout]

Photo by Orlov, A.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 79 cm TL
Lycodes brunneofasciatus Suvorov, 1935

Photo by Orlov, A.
 
Lycodes brunneofasciatus
[Tawnystripe eelpout]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 22.2 cm SL
 
Lycodes caudimaculatus
[]

Photo by Orlov, A.

North Pacific
Max. Length 80 cm TL
Lycodes concolor Gill & Townsend, 1897

Photo by Orlov, A.
 
Lycodes concolor
[Ebony eelpout]
No picture found
Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 50 cm TL
 
Lycodes cortezianus
[Bigfin eelpout]

Photo by Orlov, A.

North Pacific
Max. Length 33 cm TL
Lycodes diapterus Gilbert, 1892

Photo by Orlov, A.
 
Lycodes diapterus
[Black eelpout]

Photo by Svensen, R.

North Atlantic
Max. Length 75 cm TL
Lycodes esmarkii Collett, 1875

Photo by Svensen, R.
 
Lycodes esmarkii
[Greater eelpout]

Photo by Byrkjedal, I.

Arctic
Max. Length 44.5 cm SL
Lycodes eudipleurostictus Jensen, 1902

Photo by Byrkjedal, I.
 
Lycodes eudipleurostictus
[Doubleline eelpout]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 36 cm TL
 
Lycodes fasciatus
[Banded eelpout]
No picture found
Northeast Atlantic
Max. Length 69 cm TL
 
Lycodes frigidus
[Glacial eelpout]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
 
Lycodes fulvus
[]
No picture found
Northeast Atlantic
Max. Length 28 cm TL
 
Lycodes gracilis
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
 
Lycodes heinemanni
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
 
Lycodes hubbsi
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 12.4 cm SL
 
Lycodes japonicus
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 22.6 cm TL
 
Lycodes jenseni
[]

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

Arctic
Max. Length 21.1 cm SL
Lycodes jugoricus Knipowitsch, 1906

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada
 
Lycodes jugoricus
[Shulupaoluk]

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

Northwest Atlantic
Max. Length 56 cm TL
Lycodes lavalaei Vladykov & Tremblay, 1936

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada
 
Lycodes lavalaei
[Newfoundland eelpout]

Photo by Wenneck, T.

Arctic to Northeast Atlan
Max. Length 35.5 cm SL
Lycodes luetkenii Collett, 1880

Photo by Wenneck, T.
 
Lycodes luetkenii
[Lütken's eelpout]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
 
Lycodes macrochir
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
 
Lycodes macrolepis
[]
No picture found
Northeast Atlantic
Max. Length 21.3 cm NG
 
Lycodes marisalbi
[White sea eelpout]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
 
Lycodes matsubarai
[]

Photo by Møller, P.R.

Northwest Atlantic
Max. Length 37.5 cm SL
Lycodes mcallisteri Møller, 2001

Photo by Møller, P.R.
 
Lycodes mcallisteri
[McAllister's eelpout]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 34.5 cm TL
 
Lycodes microlepidotus
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 27 cm SL
 
Lycodes microporus
[]

Photo by Günther, A.C.L.G.

North Pacific
Max. Length 20.4 cm SL
Lycodes mucosus Richardson, 1855

Photo by Günther, A.C.L.G.
 
Lycodes mucosus
[Saddled eelpout]

Photo by Suzuki, T.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 27 cm TL
Lycodes nakamurae (Tanaka, 1914)

Photo by Suzuki, T.
 
Lycodes nakamurae
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 27.8 cm SL
 
Lycodes nishimurai
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
 
Lycodes obscurus
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
 
Lycodes ocellatus
[]

Photo by Møller, P.R.

North Atlantic
Max. Length 24 cm SL
Lycodes paamiuti Møller, 2001

Photo by Møller, P.R.
 
Lycodes paamiuti
[Paamiut eelpout]

Photo by Nichols, J.

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 46 cm TL
Lycodes pacificus Collett, 1879

Photo by Nichols, J.
 
Lycodes pacificus
[Blackbelly eelpout]
No picture found
North Pacific
Max. Length 51 cm TL
 
Lycodes palearis
[Wattled eelpout]

Photo by Svensen, R.

Circumarctic (Ref. 11954)
Max. Length 26 cm TL
Lycodes pallidus Collett, 1879

Photo by Svensen, R.
 
Lycodes pallidus
[Pale eelpout]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
 
Lycodes paucilepidotus
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
 
Lycodes pectoralis
[]

Photo by Armesto, A.

Nearly circumpolar along
Max. Length 25 cm TL
Lycodes polaris (Sabine, 1824)

Photo by Armesto, A.
 
Lycodes polaris
[Canadian eelpout]

Photo by Orlov, A.

North Pacific
Max. Length 84 cm FL
Lycodes raridens Taranetz & Andriashev, 1937

Photo by Orlov, A.
 
Lycodes raridens
[Marbled eelpout]

Photo by Svensen, R.

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 36 cm TL
Lycodes reticulatus Reinhardt, 1835

Photo by Svensen, R.
 
Lycodes reticulatus
[Arctic eelpout]

Photo by Byrkjedal, I.

North Atlantic
Max. Length 31 cm TL
Lycodes rossi Malmgren, 1865

Photo by Byrkjedal, I.
 
Lycodes rossi
[Threespot eelpout]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
 
Lycodes sadoensis
[]

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

Arctic
Max. Length 27.3 cm SL
Lycodes sagittarius McAllister, 1976

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada
 
Lycodes sagittarius
[Archer eelpout]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 26 cm TL
 
Lycodes schmidti
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
 
Lycodes semenovi
[]

Photo by Svensen, R.

Northeast Atlantic
Max. Length 51.7 cm TL
Lycodes seminudus Reinhardt, 1837

Photo by Svensen, R.
 
Lycodes seminudus
[Longear eelpout]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 95 cm FL
 
Lycodes sigmatoides
[]

Photo by Orlov, A.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 96 cm FL
Lycodes soldatovi Taranetz & Andriashev, 1935

Photo by Orlov, A.
 
Lycodes soldatovi
[]

Photo by Bergmann, M.

Arctic, Northwest to Nort
Max. Length 26 cm TL
Lycodes squamiventer Jensen, 1904

Photo by Bergmann, M.
 
Lycodes squamiventer
[Scalebelly eelpout]

Photo by Suzuki, T.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 91 cm FL
Lycodes tanakae Jordan & Thompson, 1914

Photo by Suzuki, T.
 
Lycodes tanakae
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
 
Lycodes teraoi
[]

Photo by SFSA

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 45.2 cm TL
Lycodes terraenovae Collett, 1896

Photo by SFSA
 
Lycodes terraenovae
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 32.5 cm SL
 
Lycodes toyamensis
[]

Photo by Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish.

Arctic to Northwest Atlan
Max. Length 25 cm TL
Lycodes turneri Bean, 1879

Photo by Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish.
 
Lycodes turneri
[Polar eelpout]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
 
Lycodes uschakovi
[]

Photo by Dolgov, A.

Arctic to Northwest Atlan
Max. Length 52 cm TL
Lycodes vahlii Reinhardt, 1831

Photo by Dolgov, A.
 
Lycodes vahlii
[Vahl's eelpout]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
 
Lycodes yamatoi
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 19 cm TL
 
Lycodes ygreknotatus
[]

Photo by FAO

Southern Ocean
Max. Length 24 cm TL
Lycodichthys antarcticus Pappenheim, 1911

Photo by FAO
 
Lycodichthys antarcticus
[]

Photo by Zimmermann, C.

Southern Ocean
Max. Length 23 cm TL
Lycodichthys dearborni (DeWitt, 1962)

Photo by Zimmermann, C.
 
Lycodichthys dearborni
[]

Photo by Byrkjedal, I.

Northeast Atlantic
Max. Length 19.9 cm SL
Lycodonus flagellicauda (Jensen, 1902)

Photo by Byrkjedal, I.
 
Lycodonus flagellicauda
[]

Photo by Gosztonyi, A.E.

Southwest Atlantic
Max. Length 19.6 cm SL
Lycodonus malvinensis Gosztonyi, 1981

Photo by Gosztonyi, A.E.
 
Lycodonus malvinensis
[]

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

Northwest Atlantic
Max. Length 30.2 cm SL
Lycodonus mirabilis Goode & Bean, 1883

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada
 
Lycodonus mirabilis
[Chevron scutepout]

Photo by SFSA

Southeast Atlantic
Max. Length 26.8 cm SL
Lycodonus vermiformis Barnard, 1927

Photo by SFSA
 
Lycodonus vermiformis
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 42 cm TL
 
Lycogrammoides schmidti
[]
No picture found
Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 17 cm TL
 
Lyconema barbatum
[Bearded eelpout]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 15.2 cm SL
 
Lycozoarces regani
[]

Photo by Shinohara, G.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 11.6 cm SL
Magadanichthys skopetsi (Shinohara, Nazarkin & Chereshnev, 2004)

Photo by Shinohara, G.
 
Magadanichthys skopetsi
[]
No picture found
Southeast Pacific
Max. Length 28.2 cm SL
 
Maynea puncta
[]

Photo by Flescher, D.

Northwest Atlantic
Max. Length 15 cm TL
Melanostigma atlanticum Koefoed, 1952

Photo by Flescher, D.
 
Melanostigma atlanticum
[Atlantic soft pout]
No picture found
Southeast Pacific
Max. Length 11.4 cm TL
 
Melanostigma bathium
[]

Photo by Reyes, P.

Circumglobal.
Max. Length 29 cm TL
Melanostigma gelatinosum Günther, 1881

Photo by Reyes, P.
 
Melanostigma gelatinosum
[Limp eelpout]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 10.1 cm SL
 
Melanostigma inexpectatum
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
 
Melanostigma orientale
[]

Photo by Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish.

Northeast Pacific
Max. Length 11 cm TL
Melanostigma pammelas Gilbert, 1896

Photo by Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish.
 
Melanostigma pammelas
[Midwater eelpout]

Photo by FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 17 cm TL
Melanostigma vitiazi Parin, 1980

Photo by FAO
 
Melanostigma vitiazi
[]
No picture found
North Pacific
Max. Length 13.5 cm SL
 
Nalbantichthys elongatus
[]

Photo by Markevich, A.I.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 16 cm TL
Neozoarces pulcher Steindachner, 1881

Photo by Markevich, A.I.
 
Neozoarces pulcher
[Tape blenny]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 11 cm TL
 
Neozoarces steindachneri
[]

Photo by Fischer, L.G.

Southwest Atlantic
Max. Length 38.6 cm SL
Notolycodes schmidti Gosztonyi, 1977

Photo by Fischer, L.G.
 
Notolycodes schmidti
[]

Photo by Gosztonyi, A.E.

Southwest Atlantic
Max. Length 11.5 cm SL
Oidiphorus brevis (Norman, 1937)

Photo by Gosztonyi, A.E.
 
Oidiphorus brevis
[]
No picture found
Southern Ocean
Max. Length 11.1 cm TL
 
Oidiphorus mcallisteri
[]
No picture found
North Pacific
Max. Length 15.3 cm SL
 
Opaeophacus acrogeneius
[]
No picture found
Southern Ocean
Max. Length 35 cm TL
 
Ophthalmolycus amberensis
[]
No picture found
Antarctic Ocean
Max. Length 26.3 cm SL
 
Ophthalmolycus andersoni
[]
No picture found
Southern Ocean
Max. Length 18.3 cm TL
 
Ophthalmolycus bothriocephalus
[]
No picture found
Southwest Pacific
Max. Length 15.7 cm SL
 
Ophthalmolycus campbellensis
[]
No picture found
Southeast Pacific
Max. Length 27.1 cm SL
 
Ophthalmolycus chilensis
[]
No picture found
Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 23 cm SL
 
Ophthalmolycus conorhynchus
[]
No picture found
Southern Ocean
Max. Length 36.9 cm SL
 
Ophthalmolycus eastmani
[]

Photo by Welter-Schultes, F.

Southeast Pacific
Max. Length 14.6 cm SL
Ophthalmolycus macrops (Günther, 1880)

Photo by Welter-Schultes, F.
 
Ophthalmolycus macrops
[]
No picture found
Antarctica
Max. Length 30 cm SL
 
Ophthalmolycus polylepis
[]

Photo by Mincarone, M.M.

Southwest Atlantic
Max. Length 28.2 cm SL
Pachycara alepidotum Anderson & Mincarone, 2006

Photo by Mincarone, M.M.
 
Pachycara alepidotum
[]

Photo by Møller, P.R.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 25 cm SL
Pachycara andersoni Møller, 2003

Photo by Møller, P.R.
 
Pachycara andersoni
[Anderson's eelpout]

Photo by Møller, P.R.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 30.4 cm SL
Pachycara arabica Møller, 2003

Photo by Møller, P.R.
 
Pachycara arabica
[Arabian eelpout]
No picture found
Southern Ocean
Max. Length 35 cm TL
 
Pachycara brachycephalum
[]

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

Northeast Pacific
Max. Length 51.5 cm TL
Pachycara bulbiceps (Garman, 1899)

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada
 
Pachycara bulbiceps
[Snubnose eelpout]
No picture found
Caribbean Sea
Max. Length 19.9 cm SL
 
Pachycara caribbaeum
[]
No picture found
Southern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 41 cm SL
 
Pachycara cousinsi
[]
No picture found
Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 54 cm TL
 
Pachycara crassiceps
[]
303 Species of Family Zoarcidae
(Eelpouts)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1977 Aiakas kreffti Southwest Atlantic 30.1 SL
1991 Aiakas zinorum Southwest Atlantic 8.7 SL
1978 Andriashevia aptera Northwest Pacific 19.3 SL
1898 Argentinolycus elongatus Southwest Atlantic 14.7 SL
1913 Austrolycus depressiceps Southeast Pacific and Sou 57 TL
1895 Austrolycus laticinctus Southwest Atlantic 82.4 TL
2012 Barbapellis pterygalces Moose eelpout Southern Ocean 20.4 TL
2009 Bellingshausenia olasoi Antarctic 28 SL
2010 Bentartia cinerea Atlantic 33.2 SL
2008 Bilabria gigantea Northwest Pacific 31.3 SL
1922 Bilabria ornata Northwest Pacific 19.8 SL
1890 Bothrocara brunneum Twoline eelpout North Pacific 74 TL
1899 Bothrocara elongatum Eastern Central Pacific 51.5 SL
1925 Bothrocara hollandi Northwest Pacific 31.8 SL
1890 Bothrocara molle Soft eelpout North Pacific 56 TL
2005 Bothrocara nyx Northeast Pacific 21.7 SL
1890 Bothrocara pusillum Alaska eelpout Northeast Pacific 14.5 SL
1950 Bothrocara soldatovi Northwest Pacific
1925 Bothrocara tanakae Northwest Pacific 64.5 SL
1938 Bothrocarina microcephala Northwest Pacific 50 TL
1935 Bothrocarina nigrocaudata Northwest Pacific 45 TL
1913 Crossostomus chilensis Southeast Pacific and Sou 22 SL
1905 Crossostomus fasciatus Southwest Atlantic 33.5 SL
1898 Dadyanos insignis Southwest Atlantic 22.8 SL
1904 Davidijordania brachyrhyncha Northwest Pacific 14.6 SL
1936 Davidijordania jordaniana Northwest Pacific 15 TL
1910 Davidijordania lacertina Northwest Pacific
1902 Davidijordania poecilimon Northwest Pacific 15 TL
2008 Davidijordania yabei Northwest Pacific 15.7 SL
1896 Derepodichthys alepidotus Cuskpout Eastern Pacific 16 TL
1994 Dieidolycus adocetus Western Central Pacific
1998 Dieidolycus gosztonyii Southeast Pacific
1988 Dieidolycus leptodermatus Southern Ocean 16.6 TL
2006 Ericandersonia sagamia Northwest Pacific 21.4 SL
1911 Eucryphycus californicus Persimmon eelpout Eastern Central Pacific 22 TL
2012 Eulophias koreanus Northwest Pacific 16.1 SL
1954 Eulophias owashii Northwest Pacific 17 SL
1902 Eulophias tanneri Northwest Pacific 4.5 SL
1977 Exechodontes daidaleus Western Atlantic 10 SL
2009 Gosztonyia antarctica Antarctica 30 SL
1922 Gymnelopsis brashnikovi Northwest Pacific 9.7 SL
1982 Gymnelopsis brevifenestrata Northwest Pacific 8.9 SL
2003 Gymnelopsis humilis Northwest Pacific
1922 Gymnelopsis ocellata Northwest Pacific 13.4 SL
1931 Gymnelopsis ochotensis Northwest Pacific 25.2 SL
1998 Gymnelus andersoni Arctic 14 TL
2000 Gymnelus diporus Northwest Pacific 10.7 TL
1999 Gymnelus esipovi Arctic Ocean.
2000 Gymnelus gracilis Northwest Pacific 8.2 TL
1937 Gymnelus hemifasciatus Halfbarred pout Arctic 10.5 SL
2000 Gymnelus obscurus North Pacific 15.6 TL
1982 Gymnelus pauciporus Northwest Pacific 13.6 SL
1935 Gymnelus popovi Aleutian pout North Pacific 10 SL
1913 Gymnelus retrodorsalis Aurora unernak Arctic to Northeast Atlan 14 TL
2000 Gymnelus soldatovi Northwest Pacific 11.1 TL
1999 Gymnelus taeniatus Northeast Atlantic
1780 Gymnelus viridis Fish doctor Arctic 56 TL
1904 Hadropareia middendorffii Northwest Pacific 17.8 SL
1989 Hadropareia semisquamata Northwest Pacific 13.7 SL
1982 Hadropogonichthys lindbergi Northwest Pacific 37 TL
1842 Iluocoetes fimbriatus Southeast Pacific and Sou 35.6 TL
1936 Japonolycodes abei Northwest Pacific
1938 Krusensterniella maculata Northwest Pacific 14 TL
1922 Krusensterniella multispinosa Northwest Pacific 12.5 SL
1904 Krusensterniella notabilis Northwest Pacific
1955 Krusensterniella pavlovskii Northwest Pacific 12.4 SL
1988 Letholycus magellanicus Southwest Atlantic 15 SL
1937 Letholycus microphthalmus Southwest Atlantic 9 SL
2008 Leucogrammolycus brychios White-line eelpout Southwest Atlantic 20.5 SL
1888 Lycenchelys alba Northeast Atlantic 26.7 SL
1958 Lycenchelys albeola Northwest Pacific 18.4 SL
1983 Lycenchelys albomaculata Northwest Pacific 43.8 SL
1985 Lycenchelys alta Northwest Pacific 12.3 SL
1913 Lycenchelys antarctica Southern Ocean and Atlant 24.8 SL
1968 Lycenchelys aratrirostris Southern Ocean 21.9 SL
1977 Lycenchelys argentina Southern Ocean 26 TL
1998 Lycenchelys aurantiaca Northwest Pacific 13.6 SL
1977 Lycenchelys bachmanni Southwest Atlantic 31.5 SL
1968 Lycenchelys bellingshauseni Southern Ocean 26.6 SL
1964 Lycenchelys bullisi Western Central Atlantic 17.6 SL
1995 Lycenchelys callista Eastern Pacific 20.3 TL
1912 Lycenchelys camchatica North Pacific 14.5 SL
1995 Lycenchelys chauliodus Southeast Pacific
1899 Lycenchelys cicatrifer Eastern Pacific 26.2 SL
1890 Lycenchelys crotalinus Snakehead eelpout Eastern Pacific 42.2 SL
2000 Lycenchelys fedorovi Northwest Pacific 42 TL
1995 Lycenchelys folletti Eastern Central Pacific 15.8 TL
1995 Lycenchelys hadrogeneia Southeast Pacific 18.2 TL
1950 Lycenchelys hippopotamus Northwest Pacific 22.1 SL
1979 Lycenchelys hureaui Southern Ocean 26.6 TL
2006 Lycenchelys imamurai Southeast Pacific 21.2 SL
1899 Lycenchelys incisa Eastern Pacific 24 SL
1907 Lycenchelys jordani Shortjaw eelpout Eastern Pacific 33 SL
1904 Lycenchelys kolthoffi Checkered wolf eel Arctic, Northwest to Nort 23.2 SL
1995 Lycenchelys lonchoura Southeast Pacific 37 TL
1985 Lycenchelys maculata Northwest Pacific 29.8 TL
1993 Lycenchelys makushok Northwest Pacific 14.0 TL
1986 Lycenchelys maoriensis Southwest Pacific
1983 Lycenchelys melanostomias Northwest Pacific 22.7 TL
1955 Lycenchelys micropora North Pacific
1982 Lycenchelys monstrosa Eastern Central Pacific 24.2 SL
1878 Lycenchelys muraena Moray wolf eel Arctic 22.6 SL
1988 Lycenchelys nanospinata Southern Ocean 18.5 SL
1979 Lycenchelys nigripalatum Southern Ocean 28 SL
2007 Lycenchelys novaezealandiae Southwestern Pacific.
1995 Lycenchelys parini Parin's wolf eelpout Northwest Pacific 16.4 TL
1879 Lycenchelys paxillus Common wolf eel Western Atlantic 17.5 SL
1995 Lycenchelys pearcyi Eastern Pacific 38.5 TL
1995 Lycenchelys pentactina Southeast Pacific 15.3 TL
1995 Lycenchelys pequenoi Southeast Pacific 19.3 TL
1995 Lycenchelys peruana Southeast Pacific 10.5 TL
1902 Lycenchelys platyrhina Arctic 14.6 SL
1955 Lycenchelys plicifera Northwest Pacific 18.8 SL
2007 Lycenchelys polyodon Southwestern Pacific.
1890 Lycenchelys porifer Eastern Pacific 29.9 SL
1955 Lycenchelys rassi North Pacific 22.4 SL
1955 Lycenchelys ratmanovi North Pacific 18.5 SL
1995 Lycenchelys remissaria Shifted wolf eelpout Northwest Pacific 21 TL
1985 Lycenchelys rosea North Pacific 23.5 SL
2007 Lycenchelys ryukyuensis Northwest Pacific 17.0 SL
1871 Lycenchelys sarsii Sar's wolf eel North Atlantic 20 TL
1899 Lycenchelys scaurus Eastern Pacific 19.2 SL
1983 Lycenchelys squamosa Northwest Pacific 22.3 SL
2002 Lycenchelys tohokuensis Northwest Pacific 27 SL
1979 Lycenchelys tristichodon Southern Ocean 30.4 SL
1958 Lycenchelys uschakovi Northwest Pacific 25.4 SL
1877 Lycenchelys verrillii Wolf eelpout Western Atlantic 25 TL
1955 Lycenchelys vitiazi Northwest Pacific 8.5 SL
1955 Lycenchelys volki North Pacific 20.5 SL
1988 Lycenchelys wilkesi Southern Ocean 24.9 SL
1991 Lycenchelys xanthoptera Southern Ocean 27 TL
1982 Lycodapus antarcticus Southern Ocean 22.5 TL
1937 Lycodapus australis Southeast Pacific 8.6 SL
1935 Lycodapus derjugini Northwest Pacific 12.3 SL
1896 Lycodapus dermatinus Eastern Pacific 8.9 SL
1978 Lycodapus endemoscotus Deepwater slipskin Western Pacific 12.4 SL
1890 Lycodapus fierasfer Blackmouth eelpout Eastern Pacific 15 TL
1981 Lycodapus leptus Slender eelpout Northeast Pacific 9.9 SL
1915 Lycodapus mandibularis Pallid eelpout Eastern Pacific 20 TL
1950 Lycodapus microchir Northwest Pacific 7.7 SL
1978 Lycodapus pachysoma Stout slipskin Northeast Pacific 20 TL
1896 Lycodapus parviceps Smallhead eelpout Northeast Pacific 9.8 SL
1981 Lycodapus poecilus North Pacific 9.4 SL
1981 Lycodapus psarostomatus Specklemouth eelpout Eastern Pacific 13.4 SL
1993 Lycodes adolfi Adolf's eelpout Northeast Atlantic 24 NG
2006 Lycodes akuugun Northeast Pacific 32.4 SL
1955 Lycodes albolineatus Whitebar eelpout Northwest Pacific 77 TL
1934 Lycodes albonotatus Northwest Pacific
1950 Lycodes bathybius North Pacific
1935 Lycodes beringi Bering eelpout Northern Pacific 35.6 SL
1890 Lycodes brevipes Shortfin eelpout North Pacific 30 TL
1935 Lycodes brunneofasciatus Tawnystripe eelpout Northwest Pacific 79 TL
1936 Lycodes caudimaculatus Northwest Pacific 22.2 SL
1897 Lycodes concolor Ebony eelpout North Pacific 80 TL
1890 Lycodes cortezianus Bigfin eelpout Eastern Pacific 50 TL
1892 Lycodes diapterus Black eelpout North Pacific 33 TL
1875 Lycodes esmarkii Greater eelpout North Atlantic 75 TL
1902 Lycodes eudipleurostictus Doubleline eelpout Arctic 44.5 SL
1904 Lycodes fasciatus Banded eelpout Northwest Pacific 36 TL
1879 Lycodes frigidus Glacial eelpout Northeast Atlantic 69 TL
1985 Lycodes fulvus Northwest Pacific
1867 Lycodes gracilis Northeast Atlantic 28 TL
1916 Lycodes heinemanni Northwest Pacific
1955 Lycodes hubbsi Northwest Pacific
1951 Lycodes japonicus Northwest Pacific 12.4 SL
1935 Lycodes jenseni Northwest Pacific 22.6 TL
1906 Lycodes jugoricus Shulupaoluk Arctic 21.1 SL
1936 Lycodes lavalaei Newfoundland eelpout Northwest Atlantic 56 TL
1880 Lycodes luetkenii Lütken's eelpout Arctic to Northeast Atlan 35.5 SL
1937 Lycodes macrochir Northwest Pacific
1935 Lycodes macrolepis Northwest Pacific
1906 Lycodes marisalbi White sea eelpout Northeast Atlantic 21.3 NG
1985 Lycodes matsubarai Northwest Pacific
2001 Lycodes mcallisteri McAllister's eelpout Northwest Atlantic 37.5 SL
1950 Lycodes microlepidotus Northwest Pacific 34.5 TL
1983 Lycodes microporus Northwest Pacific 27 SL
1855 Lycodes mucosus Saddled eelpout North Pacific 20.4 SL
1914 Lycodes nakamurae Northwest Pacific 27 TL
2005 Lycodes nishimurai Northwest Pacific 27.8 SL
1985 Lycodes obscurus Northwest Pacific
1985 Lycodes ocellatus Northwest Pacific
2001 Lycodes paamiuti Paamiut eelpout North Atlantic 24 SL
1879 Lycodes pacificus Blackbelly eelpout Eastern Pacific 46 TL
1896 Lycodes palearis Wattled eelpout North Pacific 51 TL
1879 Lycodes pallidus Pale eelpout Circumarctic (Ref. 11954) 26 TL
1985 Lycodes paucilepidotus Northwest Pacific
1985 Lycodes pectoralis Northwest Pacific
1824 Lycodes polaris Canadian eelpout Nearly circumpolar along 25 TL
1937 Lycodes raridens Marbled eelpout North Pacific 84 FL
1835 Lycodes reticulatus Arctic eelpout Western Atlantic 36 TL
1865 Lycodes rossi Threespot eelpout North Atlantic 31 TL
1980 Lycodes sadoensis Northwest Pacific
1976 Lycodes sagittarius Archer eelpout Arctic 27.3 SL
1907 Lycodes schmidti Northwest Pacific 26 TL
1931 Lycodes semenovi Northwest Pacific
1837 Lycodes seminudus Longear eelpout Northeast Atlantic 51.7 TL
1975 Lycodes sigmatoides Northwest Pacific 95 FL
1935 Lycodes soldatovi Northwest Pacific 96 FL
1904 Lycodes squamiventer Scalebelly eelpout Arctic, Northwest to Nort 26 TL
1914 Lycodes tanakae Northwest Pacific 91 FL
1943 Lycodes teraoi Northwest Pacific
1896 Lycodes terraenovae Western Atlantic 45.2 TL
1941 Lycodes toyamensis Northwest Pacific 32.5 SL
1879 Lycodes turneri Polar eelpout Arctic to Northwest Atlan 25 TL
1931 Lycodes uschakovi Northwest Pacific
1831 Lycodes vahlii Vahl's eelpout Arctic to Northwest Atlan 52 TL
1985 Lycodes yamatoi Northwest Pacific
1950 Lycodes ygreknotatus Northwest Pacific 19 TL
1911 Lycodichthys antarcticus Southern Ocean 24 TL
1962 Lycodichthys dearborni Southern Ocean 23 TL
1902 Lycodonus flagellicauda Northeast Atlantic 19.9 SL
1981 Lycodonus malvinensis Southwest Atlantic 19.6 SL
1883 Lycodonus mirabilis Chevron scutepout Northwest Atlantic 30.2 SL
1927 Lycodonus vermiformis Southeast Atlantic 26.8 SL
1928 Lycogrammoides schmidti Northwest Pacific 42 TL
1896 Lyconema barbatum Bearded eelpout Eastern Pacific 17 TL
1933 Lycozoarces regani Northwest Pacific 15.2 SL
2004 Magadanichthys skopetsi Northwest Pacific 11.6 SL
1842 Maynea puncta Southeast Pacific 28.2 SL
1952 Melanostigma atlanticum Atlantic soft pout Northwest Atlantic 15 TL
1965 Melanostigma bathium Southeast Pacific 11.4 TL
1881 Melanostigma gelatinosum Limp eelpout Circumglobal. 29 TL
1977 Melanostigma inexpectatum Western Central Pacific 10.1 SL
1971 Melanostigma orientale Northwest Pacific
1896 Melanostigma pammelas Midwater eelpout Northeast Pacific 11 TL
1980 Melanostigma vitiazi Indo-West Pacific 17 TL
1967 Nalbantichthys elongatus North Pacific 13.5 SL
1881 Neozoarces pulcher Tape blenny Northwest Pacific 16 TL
1902 Neozoarces steindachneri Northwest Pacific 11 TL
1977 Notolycodes schmidti Southwest Atlantic 38.6 SL
1937 Oidiphorus brevis Southwest Atlantic 11.5 SL
1988 Oidiphorus mcallisteri Southern Ocean 11.1 TL
1984 Opaeophacus acrogeneius North Pacific 15.3 SL
1977 Ophthalmolycus amberensis Southern Ocean 35 TL
2009 Ophthalmolycus andersoni Antarctic Ocean 26.3 SL
1912 Ophthalmolycus bothriocephalus Southern Ocean 18.3 TL
1986 Ophthalmolycus campbellensis Southwest Pacific 15.7 SL
1992 Ophthalmolycus chilensis Southeast Pacific 27.1 SL
1899 Ophthalmolycus conorhynchus Eastern Central Pacific 23 SL
2011 Ophthalmolycus eastmani Southern Ocean 36.9 SL
1880 Ophthalmolycus macrops Southeast Pacific 14.6 SL
2011 Ophthalmolycus polylepis Antarctica 30 SL
2006 Pachycara alepidotum Southwest Atlantic 28.2 SL
2003 Pachycara andersoni Anderson's eelpout Western Indian Ocean 25 SL
2003 Pachycara arabica Arabian eelpout Western Indian Ocean 30.4 SL
1912 Pachycara brachycephalum Southern Ocean 35 TL
1899 Pachycara bulbiceps Snubnose eelpout Northeast Pacific 51.5 TL
2016 Pachycara caribbaeum Caribbean Sea 19.9 SL
2007 Pachycara cousinsi Southern Indian Ocean 41 SL
1916 Pachycara crassiceps Eastern Atlantic 54 TL



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