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Family: Zoarcidae Eelpouts



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303 species (see list below)

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Eastern Central Atlantic
Max. Length 37 cm SL
 
Pachycara crossacanthum
[]
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Southeast Pacific
Max. Length 24.4 cm SL
 
Pachycara dolichaulus
[]
No picture found
Southwest Pacific
Max. Length 20 cm SL
 
Pachycara garricki
[]
No picture found
Southern Ocean
Max. Length 26.2 cm SL
 
Pachycara goni
[]

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

Northeast Pacific
Max. Length 42.2 cm SL
Pachycara gymninium Anderson & Peden, 1988

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada
 
Pachycara gymninium
[Nakednape eelpout]
No picture found
Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 33.6 cm SL
 
Pachycara karenae
[]

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

Northeast Pacific
Max. Length 46.5 cm SL
Pachycara lepinium Anderson & Peden, 1988

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada
 
Pachycara lepinium
[Scalynape eelpout]
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Southeast Pacific
Max. Length 48.5 cm SL
 
Pachycara mesoporum
[]
No picture found
Northeast Atlantic
Max. Length 7.7 cm SL
 
Pachycara microcephalum
[]
No picture found
Southeast Pacific
 
Pachycara nazca
[]
No picture found
Southeast Pacific
Max. Length 33.6 cm SL
 
Pachycara pammelas
[]
No picture found
Southern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 23 cm SL
 
Pachycara priedei
[]
No picture found
Southeast Pacific
Max. Length 40.3 cm SL
 
Pachycara rimae
[]

Photo by Almeida, A.J.

Atlantic Ocean
Max. Length 24.7 cm SL
Pachycara saldanhai Biscoito & Almeida, 2004

Photo by Almeida, A.J.
 
Pachycara saldanhai
[]
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Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 23.6 cm SL
 
Pachycara shcherbachevi
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No picture found
Western Atlantic.
Max. Length 18.9 cm SL
 
Pachycara sulaki
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No picture found
Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 23 cm SL
 
Pachycara suspectum
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No picture found
Atlantic Ocean
Max. Length 38.8 cm TL
 
Pachycara thermophilum
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No picture found
Southwest Atlantic Ocean.
Max. Length 43.7 cm TL
 
Patagolycus melastomus
[]

Photo by Lloris, D.

Southwest Atlantic
Max. Length 10.9 cm SL
Phucocoetes latitans Jenyns, 1842

Photo by Lloris, D.
 
Phucocoetes latitans
[]
No picture found
Southwest Atlantic
Max. Length 24.2 cm SL
 
Piedrabuenia ringueleti
[]

Photo by Gosztonyi, A.E.

Southwest Atlantic
Max. Length 20.2 cm SL
Plesienchelys stehmanni (Gosztonyi, 1977)

Photo by Gosztonyi, A.E.
 
Plesienchelys stehmanni
[]
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Southeast Pacific and Sou
Max. Length 15.2 cm SL
 
Pogonolycus elegans
[]

Photo by Lloris, D.

Southeast Pacific and Sou
Max. Length 6.9 cm SL
Pogonolycus marinae (Lloris, 1988)

Photo by Lloris, D.
 
Pogonolycus marinae
[]

Photo by Orlov, A.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 38 cm TL
Puzanovia rubra Fedorov, 1975

Photo by Orlov, A.
 
Puzanovia rubra
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 27.9 cm SL
 
Puzanovia virgata
[]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 17.1 cm SL
 
Pyrolycus manusanus
[]
No picture found
Southwest Pacific
Max. Length 23.9 cm SL
 
Pyrolycus moelleri
[]
No picture found
Southern Ocean
Max. Length 33 cm SL
 
Santelmoa antarctica
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No picture found
Antarctic, Atlantic
Max. Length 27.7 cm SL
 
Santelmoa carmenae
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No picture found
Antarctic
Max. Length 35.1 cm SL
 
Santelmoa elvirae
[]
No picture found
Southern Ocean
Max. Length 33 cm SL
 
Santelmoa fusca
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No picture found
Southern Ocean
Max. Length 21 cm TL
 
Seleniolycus laevifasciatus
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No picture found
Pacific, Antarctic
Max. Length 38 cm SL
 
Seleniolycus pectoralis
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No picture found
Pacific, Antarctic
Max. Length 39.3 cm SL
 
Seleniolycus robertsi
[]

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

North Pacific
Max. Length 15.8 cm SL
Taranetzella lyoderma Andriashev, 1952

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada
 
Taranetzella lyoderma
[Looseskin eelpout]
No picture found
Eastern Pacific
 
Thermarces andersoni
[]
No picture found
Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 21.8 cm SL
 
Thermarces cerberus
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No picture found
Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 12.4 cm TL
 
Thermarces pelophilum
[]

Photo by Sargent, P.

Northwest Atlantic
Max. Length 110 cm TL
Zoarces americanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Photo by Sargent, P.
 
Zoarces americanus
[Ocean pout]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 19.5 cm TL
 
Zoarces andriashevi
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 30 cm TL
 
Zoarces elongatus
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No picture found
Northwestern Pacific
Max. Length 31.5 cm TL
 
Zoarces fedorovi
[]

Photo by Kim, J.K.

Northwest Pacific

Zoarces gillii Jordan & Starks, 1905

Photo by Kim, J.K.
 
Zoarces gillii
[]

Photo by Svensen, R.

Northeast Atlantic
Max. Length 52 cm TL
Zoarces viviparus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Svensen, R.
 
Zoarces viviparus
[Eelpout]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 10 cm TL
 
Zoarchias glaber
[]
No picture found
Western Pacific
Max. Length 9 cm TL
 
Zoarchias hosoyai
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No picture found
Western Pacific
Max. Length 12.3 cm TL
 
Zoarchias macrocephalus
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No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 10 cm SL
 
Zoarchias major
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No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 10.0 cm TL
 
Zoarchias microstomus
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No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 7 cm TL
 
Zoarchias neglectus
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No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 12.2 cm SL
 
Zoarchias uchidai
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No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 7 cm TL
 
Zoarchias veneficus
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303 Species of Family Zoarcidae
(Eelpouts)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1989 Pachycara crossacanthum Eastern Central Atlantic 37 SL
2006 Pachycara dolichaulus Southeast Pacific 24.4 SL
1990 Pachycara garricki Southwest Pacific 20 SL
1991 Pachycara goni Southern Ocean 26.2 SL
1988 Pachycara gymninium Nakednape eelpout Northeast Pacific 42.2 SL
2012 Pachycara karenae Eastern Pacific 33.6 SL
1988 Pachycara lepinium Scalynape eelpout Northeast Pacific 46.5 SL
1989 Pachycara mesoporum Southeast Pacific 48.5 SL
1902 Pachycara microcephalum Northeast Atlantic 7.7 SL
1997 Pachycara nazca Southeast Pacific
1989 Pachycara pammelas Southeast Pacific 33.6 SL
2007 Pachycara priedei Southern Indian Ocean 23 SL
1989 Pachycara rimae Southeast Pacific 40.3 SL
2004 Pachycara saldanhai Atlantic Ocean 24.7 SL
1989 Pachycara shcherbachevi Eastern Indian Ocean 23.6 SL
1989 Pachycara sulaki Western Atlantic. 18.9 SL
1899 Pachycara suspectum Eastern Central Pacific 23 SL
1994 Pachycara thermophilum Atlantic Ocean 38.8 TL
2012 Patagolycus melastomus Southwest Atlantic Ocean. 43.7 TL
1842 Phucocoetes latitans Southwest Atlantic 10.9 SL
1977 Piedrabuenia ringueleti Southwest Atlantic 24.2 SL
1977 Plesienchelys stehmanni Southwest Atlantic 20.2 SL
1937 Pogonolycus elegans Southeast Pacific and Sou 15.2 SL
1988 Pogonolycus marinae Southeast Pacific and Sou 6.9 SL
1975 Puzanovia rubra Northwest Pacific 38 TL
1982 Puzanovia virgata Northwest Pacific 27.9 SL
2002 Pyrolycus manusanus Western Central Pacific 17.1 SL
2006 Pyrolycus moelleri Southwest Pacific 23.9 SL
2012 Santelmoa antarctica Southern Ocean 33 SL
2010 Santelmoa carmenae Antarctic, Atlantic 27.7 SL
2011 Santelmoa elvirae Antarctic 35.1 SL
2012 Santelmoa fusca Southern Ocean 33 SL
1977 Seleniolycus laevifasciatus Southern Ocean 21 TL
2006 Seleniolycus pectoralis Pacific, Antarctic 38 SL
2006 Seleniolycus robertsi Pacific, Antarctic 39.3 SL
1952 Taranetzella lyoderma Looseskin eelpout North Pacific 15.8 SL
1986 Thermarces andersoni Eastern Pacific
1986 Thermarces cerberus Eastern Pacific 21.8 SL
1999 Thermarces pelophilum Western Central Atlantic 12.4 TL
1801 Zoarces americanus Ocean pout Northwest Atlantic 110 TL
2005 Zoarces andriashevi Northwest Pacific 19.5 TL
1868 Zoarces elongatus Northwest Pacific 30 TL
2007 Zoarces fedorovi Northwestern Pacific 31.5 TL
1905 Zoarces gillii Northwest Pacific
1758 Zoarces viviparus Eelpout Northeast Atlantic 52 TL
1908 Zoarchias glaber Northwest Pacific 10 TL
2007 Zoarchias hosoyai Western Pacific 9 TL
2007 Zoarchias macrocephalus Western Pacific 12.3 TL
1972 Zoarchias major Northwest Pacific 10 SL
1995 Zoarchias microstomus Northwest Pacific 10.0 TL
1908 Zoarchias neglectus Northwest Pacific 7 TL
1932 Zoarchias uchidai Northwest Pacific 12.2 SL
1902 Zoarchias veneficus Northwest Pacific 7 TL



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