World Register of Deep-Sea species - Zoarcidae Swainson, 1839

Deep-Sea taxon details

Zoarcidae Swainson, 1839

AphiaID

125575 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125575)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Zoarcoidei

Direct children (49)

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Subfamily Gymnelinae Gill, 1863
1. Genus Andriashevia Fedorov & Neyelov, 1978
2. Genus Davidijordania Popov, 1931
3. Genus Ericandersonia Shinohara & Sakurai, 2006
4. Genus Gymnelopsis Soldatov, 1922
5. Genus Gymnelus Reinhardt, 1834
6. Genus Melanostigma Günther, 1881
7. Genus Opaeophacus Bond & Stein, 1984
8. Genus Puzanovia Fedorov, 1975
9. Genus Seleniolycus Anderson, 1988
10. Genus Gymnelis accepted as Gymnelus Reinhardt, 1834 (misspelling)
Subfamily Lycodinae Gill, 1861
1. Genus Aiakas Gosztonyi, 1977
2. Genus Bentartia Matallanas, 2010
3. Genus Bothrocara Bean, 1890
4. Genus Bothrocarina Suvorov, 1935
5. Genus Derepodichthys Gilbert, 1896
6. Genus Dieidolycus Anderson, 1988
7. Genus Exechodontes DeWitt, 1977
8. Genus Hadropogonichthys Fedorov, 1982
9. Genus Iluocoetes Jenyns, 1842
10. Genus Japonolycodes Shinohara, Sakurai & Machida, 2002
11. Genus Letholycus Anderson, 1988
12. Genus Lycenchelys Gill, 1884
13. Genus Lycodapus Gilbert, 1890
14. Genus Lycodes Reinhardt, 1831
15. Genus Lycodichthys Pappenheim, 1911
16. Genus Lycodonus Goode & Bean, 1883
17. Genus Lyconema Gilbert, 1896
18. Genus Maynea Cunningham, 1871
19. Genus Notolycodes Gosztonyi, 1977
20. Genus Oidiphorus McAllister & Rees, 1964
21. Genus Ophthalmolycus Regan, 1913
22. Genus Pachycara Zugmayer, 1911
23. Genus Piedrabuenia Gosztonyi, 1977
24. Genus Plesienchelys Anderson, 1988
25. Genus Pyrolycus Machida & Hashimoto, 2002
26. Genus Thermarces Rosenblatt & Cohen, 1986
27. Genus Allolepis Jordan & Hubbs, 1925 accepted as Bothrocara Bean, 1890
28. Genus Aprodon Gilbert, 1890 accepted as Lycodes Reinhardt, 1831
29. Genus Embryx Jordan & Evermann, 1898 accepted as Lycenchelys Gill, 1884
30. Genus Furcimanus Jordan & Evermann, 1898 accepted as Lycodes Reinhardt, 1831
31. Genus Lycodopsis Collett, 1879 accepted as Lycodes Reinhardt, 1831
32. Genus Petroschmidtia Taranetz & Andriashev, 1934 accepted as Lycodes Reinhardt, 1831
33. Genus Rhigophila DeWitt, 1962 accepted as Lycodichthys Pappenheim, 1911
34. Genus Zestichthys Jordan & Hubbs, 1925 accepted as Bothrocara Bean, 1890
Subfamily Zoarcinae Swainson, 1839
1. Genus Zoarces Cuvier, 1829
2. Genus Macrozoarces Gill, 1863 accepted as Zoarces Cuvier, 1829

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Zoarcidae Swainson, 1839. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125575 on 2025-11-10

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Zoarcidae Swainson, 1839. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125575 on 2025-11-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2015-04-17 08:48:21Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2021-06-30 12:23:18Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2022-12-22 02:09:49Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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taxonomy source Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa. 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. 2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao. 314 p. [details]

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

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Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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Language	Name
English	eelpouts	[details]
Japanese	ゲンゲ科	[details]
Norwegian Bokmål	ålekvabbefamilien	[details]
Norwegian Nynorsk	ålekvabbefamilien	[details]
Swedish	tånglakefiskar	[details]

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Unreviewed

Eel-like fishes of the St. Lawrence