Zoarcidae
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The eelpouts are the ray-finned fish family Zoarcidae. As the common name suggests, they are somewhat eel-like in appearance. All of the 300 species are marine and mostly bottom-dwelling, some at great depths. Eelpouts are predominantly found in the Northern Hemisphere. The Arctic, north Pacific and north Atlantic oceans have the highest concentration of species; however, species are found around the globe.
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Zoarcidae is a family of fish within the order Perciformes and class Teleostei. The taxon, which falls under the phylum Chordata and kingdom Animalia, is commonly known as eelpouts. It was described by Swainson in 1839 and is currently accepted by the World Register of Marine Species. The family inhabits marine and brackish environments.
Records for Zoarcidae are held by various institutions, including UWFC, MADUG-UG, UAM, CUMV, and YPM. These records originate from countries such as Russia and the United States. The family has 179,245 occurrences documented in the Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Additionally, the taxon is referenced by 146 other encyclopedia articles.
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Species
eelpouts
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyZoarcidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 241
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Zoarcidae
- Collections
- UWFC, MADUG-UG, UAM, CUMV, YPM
- Recorded in
- Russia, Estados Unidos De America, United States
Wikidata facts
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- Bothrocara brunneum.jpg
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- Commons category
- Zoarcidae
- taxon name
- Zoarcidae
- Code of nomenclature
- International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
- topic's main category
- Category:Zoarcidae
- taxon common name
- ålekvabbefamilien
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Evolution and adaptations
- Subfamilies and genera
- Characteristics
- Biology
- Timeline
- References
The eelpouts are the ray-finned fish family Zoarcidae. As the common name suggests, they are somewhat eel-like in appearance. All of the 300 species are marine and mostly bottom-dwelling, some at great depths. Eelpouts are predominantly found in the Northern Hemisphere. The Arctic, north Pacific and north Atlantic oceans have the highest concentration of species; however, species are found around the globe.
They are conventionally placed in the "perciform" assemblage; in fact, the Zoarcoidei seem to be specialized members of the Gasterosteiformes-Scorpaeniformes group of Acanthopterygii.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zoarcidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.