Eelpout

The eelpouts are the ray-finned fish family Zoarcidae. As the common name suggests, they are somewhat eel-like in appearance, with elongate bodies, and the dorsal and anal fins continuous with the caudal fin. All of the approximately 220 species are marine, mostly bottom-dwelling, some at great depths. They are sometimes called "fish doctors" (not to be confused with the doctorfish or surgeon fishes).

They are traditionally placed in the "perciform" assemblage; in fact, the Zoarcoidei seem to be specialized member of the Gasterosteiformes-Scorpaeniformes group of Acanthopterygii.

The largest member of the family is the Ocean Pout (Zoarces americanus), which may reach 1.1 meter. Other notable family members include the slipskins (Lycodapus) and unernaks (Gymnelus).

Genera and selected species

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Aiakas (2 species)
Allolepsis
Andriashevia
Austrolycus
Bellingshausenia Matallanas, 2009
Bellingshausenia olasoi Matallanas, 2009
Bilabria Schmidt, 1936
Bilabria ornata (Soldatov, 1922)
Bothrocara (7 species)
Bothrocarina
Crossostomus Lahille, 1908
Crossostomus chilensis (Regan, 1913)
Crossostomus fasciatus (Lönnberg, 1905)
Crossostomus sobrali Lloris and Rucabado, 1989
Dadyanos Whitley, 1951
Dadyanos insignis (Steindachner, 1898)
Davidijordania Popov, 1931
Davidijordania brachyrhyncha (Schmidt, 1904)
Davidijordania jordaniana Schmidt, 1936
Davidijordania lacertina (Pavlenko, 1910)
Davidijordania poecilimon (Jordan and Fowler, 1902)
Derepodichthys
Dieidolycus
Ericandersonia (1 species)
Eucryphycus
Exechodontes
Gosztonyia (1 species)
Gymnelopsis
Gymnelus – unernaks
Hadropareia
Hadropogonichthys
Iluocoetes
Japonolycodes Shinohara, Sakurai and Machida, 2002
Japonolycodes abei (Matsubara, 1936)
Krusensterniella
Letholycus
Leucogrammolycus Mincarone & Anderson, 2008
Leucogrammolycus brychios Mincarone & Anderson, 2008
Lycenchelys
Lycenchelys novaezealandiae Anderson & Moller, 2007
Lycenchelys polyodon Anderson & Moller, 2007
Lycenchelys verrillii – Wolf Eelpout
Lycodapus – slipskins
Lycodes
Lycodes reticulatus – Arctic Eelpout
Lycodichthys
Lycodonus – scutepouts
Lycogrammoides
Lyconema
Lycozoarces
Magadania
Magadanichthys
Maynea Cunningham, 1871
Maynea puncta (Jenyns, 1842)
Melanostigma
Melanostigma gelatinosum – Limp Eelpout
Nalbantichthys
Notolycodes
Oidiphorus
Opaeophacus
Ophthalmolycus
Pachycara (>23 species)
Petroschmidtia
Phucocoetes
Piedrabuenia
Plesienchelys
Pogonolycus
Puzanovia
Pyrolycus Machida and Hashimoto, 2002
Pyrolycus manusanus Machida and Hashimoto, 2002
Pyrolycus moelleri Anderson, 2006
Seleniolycus (3 species)
Taranetzella
Thermarces
Zoarces (5 species)

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Translation of "Eelpout"

Catalan: Zoàrcid, German: Aalmuttern, Spanish: Zoarcidae, French: Zoarcidae, Galician: Zoarcidae, Lithuanian: Netikrosios vėgėlės, Dutch: Puitalen (familie), Norwegian (Bokmål): Ålekvabber, Norwegian (Nynorsk): Ålekvabbar, Polish: Węgorzycowate, Portuguese: Zoarcidae, Swedish: Tånglakefiskar, Chinese: 绵鳚科.