Zoarces
Encyclopedia
Zoarces is a genus
of eelpout
s in the Zoarcidae family
. Zoarces is also known as Macrozoarces. The members of this genus are ovoviviparous
, giving birth to live young.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of eelpout
Eelpout
The eelpouts are the ray-finned fish family Zoarcidae. As the common name suggests, they are somewhat eel-like in appearance, with elongate bodies, and the dorsal and anal fins continuous with the caudal fin. All of the approximately 220 species are marine, mostly bottom-dwelling, some at great...
s in the Zoarcidae family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
. Zoarces is also known as Macrozoarces. The members of this genus are ovoviviparous
Ovoviviparity
Ovoviviparity, ovovivipary, or ovivipary, is a mode of reproduction in animals in which embryos develop inside eggs that are retained within the mother's body until they are ready to hatch...
, giving birth to live young.
Species
- Ocean poutOcean poutThe ocean pout is an eelpout in the family Zoarcidae. It is found in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of New England and eastern Canada...
, Zoarces americanus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801). - Zoarces elongatusZoarces elongatusZoarces elongatus, also known as the eastern viviparous blenny is an eelpout in the family Zoarcidae, described by Peter Kner in 1868. The species is endemic to the Northwest Pacific, in such areas as the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk and China.-External links:* at Encyclopedia of Life.* at...
Kner, 1868. - Zoarces fedoroviZoarces fedoroviZoarces fedorovi is an eelpout in the family Zoarcidae, found only in the northern part of the Sea of Okhotsk.-External links:* at Encyclopedia of Life....
Chereshnev, Nazarkin & Chegodayeva, 2007. - Zoarces gilliiZoarces gilliiZoarces gillii is an eelpout in the family Zoarcidae, found between Japan and eastern Korea, mainly in the Yellow Sea.-External links:* at Encyclopedia of Life....
Jordan and Starks, 1905. - Viviparous blenny, Zoarces viviparus (Linnaeus, 1758).