Zoarces
Zoarces is a genus of eelpouts in the family Zoarcidae. The members of this genus are ovoviviparous, giving birth to live young.
| Zoarces Temporal range: Pleistocene to Present[1] | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Zoarces viviparus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | |
| Phylum: | |
| Class: | |
| Order: | |
| Family: | |
| Genus: | Zoarces Cuvier, 1829 |
| Species | |
|
See text. | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Macrozoarces | |
Species include:[2]
- Zoarces americanus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) - ocean pout
- Zoarces andriashevi (Parin, Grigoryev & Karmovskaya, 2005)
- Zoarces elongatus (Kner, 1868)
- Zoarces fedorovi (Chereshnev, Nazarkin & Chegodayeva, 2007)[3]
- Zoarces gillii (Jordan and Starks, 1905) - blotched eelpout
- Zoarces viviparus (Linnaeus, 1758) - viviparous eelpout
References
- Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- Froese, R. and D. Pauly, Eds. Zoarces. FishBase. 2013.
- Chereshnev, Nazarkin & Chegodayeva (2007). "Zoarces fedorovi sp. nova (Perciformes: Zoarcidae), a new species of eelpout from the Tauyskaya Bay of the Sea of Okhotsk". Voprosy Ikhtiologii. 47 (5): 589–600.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.