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
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Zoarces

Cuvier, 1829
Species

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Synonyms

Macrozoarces

Species include:[2]

References

  1. 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.
  2. Froese, R. and D. Pauly, Eds. Zoarces. FishBase. 2013.
  3. 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.


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