Eelpout

Eelpout
	Gymnelus hemifasciatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Zoarcidae; Swainson, 1839
Subfamilies
	Gymnelinae Gill, 1863; Lycodinae Gill, 1861; Lycozoarcinae Andriashev, 1939; Zoarcinae Swainson, 1839;

The eelpouts are the ray-finned fish family Zoarcidae. As the common name suggests, they are somewhat eel-like in appearance, with elongated bodies and the dorsal and anal fins continuous with the caudal fin. All of the roughly 300 species are marine and mostly bottom-dwelling, some at great depths.

They are conventionally placed in the "perciform" assemblage; in fact, the Zoarcoidei seem to be specialized members of the Gasterosteiformes-Scorpaeniformes group of Acanthopterygii.^[2]

The largest member of the family is Zoarces americanus, which may reach 1.1 m in length. Other notable family members include Lycodapus and Gymnelus.

Genera

This family contains about 61 genera and 300 species:

Lycodes turneri

Aiakas Gosztonyi, 1977
Andriashevia Fedorov & Neyelov, 1978
Argentinolycus Matallanas & Corbella, 2012 ^[3]
Austrolycus Regan, 1913
Barbapellis Iglésias, Dettai, & Ozouf-Costaz, 2012 ^[4]
Bellingshausenia Matallanas, 2009
Bentartia Matallanas, 2010 ^[5]
Bilabria Schmidt, 1936
Bothrocara Bean, 1890
Bothrocarina Suvorov, 1935
Crossostomus Lahille, 1908
Dadyanos Whitley, 1951
Davidijordania Popov, 1931
Derepodichthys Gilbert, 1896
Dieidolycus Anderson, 1988
Ericandersonia Shinohara & Sakurai, 2006
Eucryphycus Anderson, 1988
Eulophias Smith, 1902
Exechodontes DeWitt, 1977
Gosztonyia Matallanas, 2009
Gymnelopsis Soldatov, 1922
Gymnelus Reinhardt, 1834
Hadropareia Schmidt, 1904
Hadropogonichthys Schmidt, 1904
Iluocoetes Jenyns, 1842
Japonolycodes Shinohara, Sakurai & Machida, 2002
Krusensterniella Schmidt, 1904
Letholycus Anderson, 1988
Leucogrammolycus Mincarone & Anderson, 2008
Lycenchelys Gill, 1884
Lycodapus Gilbert, 1890

Lycodes Reinhardt, 1831
Lycodichthys Pappenheim, 1911
Lycodonus Goode & Bean, 1883
Lycogrammoides Soldatov & Lindberg, 1929
Lyconema Gilbert, 1896
Lycozoarces Popov, 1935
Magadanichthys Shinohara, Nazarkin, Yabe & Chereshnev, 2006
Maynea Cunningham, 1871
Melanostigma Günther, 1881
Nalbantichthys Schultz, 1967
Neozoarces Steindachner, 1880
Notolycodes Gosztonyi, 1977
Oidiphorus McAllister & Rees, 1964
Opaeophacus Bond & Stein, 1984
Ophthalmolycus Regan, 1913
Pachycara Zugmayer, 1911
Patagolycus Matallanas & Corbella, 2012 ^[3]
Petroschmidtia Taranetz & Andriashev, 1934 ^[6]
Phucocoetes Jenyns, 1842
Piedrabuenia Gosztonyi, 1977
Plesienchelys Anderson, 1988
Pogonolycus Norman, 1937
Puzanovia Fedorov, 1975
Pyrolycus Machida & Hashimoto, 2002
Santelmoa Matallanas, 2010 ^[5]
Seleniolycus Anderson, 1988
Taranetzella Andriashev, 1952
Thermarces Rosenblatt & Cohen, 1986
Zoarces Cuvier, 1829
Zoarchias Jordan & Snyder, 1902

Timeline

References

^ Swainson, William (1839). On the Natural History and Classification of Fishes, Amphibians, and Reptiles. Vol. 2. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Greene, & Longmans. pp. 82–83, 184, 283. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.62140.
^ Kawahara, R.; Miya, M.; Mabuchi, K.; Lavoué, S.; Inoue, J.G.; Satoh, T.P.; Kawaguchi, A.; Nishida, M. (2008). "Interrelationships of the 11 gasterosteiform families (sticklebacks, pipefishes, and their relatives): a new perspective based on whole mitogenome sequences from 75 higher teleosts". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 46 (1): 224–36. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.07.009. PMID 17709262. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
^ ^a ^b Matallanas J.; Corbella C. (2012). "Redescription of Iluocoetes Jenyns, 1842; proposal of a new genus, Argentinolycus, for Iluocoetes elongatus (Smitt, 1898), and description of Patagolycus melastomus gen. et sp. nov. (Teleostei, Zoarcidae)". Zootaxa. 3296: 1–18.
^ Iglésias S.P.; Dettai A.; Ozouf-Costaz C. (2012). "Barbapellis pterygalces, new genus and new species of a singular eelpout (Zoarcidae: Teleostei) from the Antarctic deep waters". Polar Biology. 35 (2): 215–220. doi:10.1007/s00300-011-1057-3.
^ ^a ^b Matallanas J (2010). "Description of two new genera, Santelmoa and Bentartia and two new species of Zoarcidae (Teleostei, Perciformes) from the Southern Ocean". Polar Biology. 33 (5): 659–672. doi:10.1007/s00300-009-0742-y.
^ Nazarkin M.V.; Shinohara G.; Shirai S.M. (2014). "Phylogeny and taxonomy of Petroschmidtia teraoi (Katayama, 1943) (Osteichthyes: Perciformes: Zoarcidae)". Zootaxa. 3780 (1): 171–193. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3780.1.7.

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[Swainson,_1838-1] Swainson, William (1839). On the Natural History and Classification of Fishes, Amphibians, and Reptiles. Vol. 2. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Greene, & Longmans. pp. 82–83, 184, 283. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.62140.

[kawa-2] Kawahara, R.; Miya, M.; Mabuchi, K.; Lavoué, S.; Inoue, J.G.; Satoh, T.P.; Kawaguchi, A.; Nishida, M. (2008). "Interrelationships of the 11 gasterosteiform families (sticklebacks, pipefishes, and their relatives): a new perspective based on whole mitogenome sequences from 75 higher teleosts". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 46 (1): 224–36. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.07.009. PMID 17709262. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)

[Matallanas2012-3] Matallanas J.; Corbella C. (2012). "Redescription of Iluocoetes Jenyns, 1842; proposal of a new genus, Argentinolycus, for Iluocoetes elongatus (Smitt, 1898), and description of Patagolycus melastomus gen. et sp. nov. (Teleostei, Zoarcidae)". Zootaxa. 3296: 1–18.

[Iglesias2012-4] Iglésias S.P.; Dettai A.; Ozouf-Costaz C. (2012). "Barbapellis pterygalces, new genus and new species of a singular eelpout (Zoarcidae: Teleostei) from the Antarctic deep waters". Polar Biology. 35 (2): 215–220. doi:10.1007/s00300-011-1057-3.

[Matallanas2010-5] Matallanas J (2010). "Description of two new genera, Santelmoa and Bentartia and two new species of Zoarcidae (Teleostei, Perciformes) from the Southern Ocean". Polar Biology. 33 (5): 659–672. doi:10.1007/s00300-009-0742-y.

[Nazarkin2014-6] Nazarkin M.V.; Shinohara G.; Shirai S.M. (2014). "Phylogeny and taxonomy of Petroschmidtia teraoi (Katayama, 1943) (Osteichthyes: Perciformes: Zoarcidae)". Zootaxa. 3780 (1): 171–193. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3780.1.7.

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