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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
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