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View Mode Family Zoarcidae Swainson 1839   Family Family   Hierarchy Hierarchy   General General   Description   eelpouts AuthorWI   Swainson [W.] AuthorNI   Swainson Year   1839 Status   Valid Notes   Body and tail elongate, vertebrae 101-146. Branchiostegal membranes attached to isthmus. Interorbital pore present. Single epural, with two rays. Caudal-fin rays 9-11. Suborbital bones 5-6 forming semicircle around eye. Pungent spines at rear of dorsal fin present (rarely absent in one species). Four species, two in North Atlantic and two in northwestern Pacific from sublittoral to outer shelf depths. Class   Osteichthyes Order   Scorpaeniformes Suborder   Zoarcoidei Superfamily   --- Loading…