Eelpout
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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Eelpouts | image = arctic eelpout.png | image_width = 240px | image_caption = Arctic Eelpout, Lycodes reticulatus | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Actinopterygii | ordo = Perciformes | familia = Zoarcidae | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = See text. }} The eelpouts are a family (Zoarcidae) of perciform ray-finned fish. As the 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 depths.
The largest member of the family is the ocean pout Zoarces americanus, which may reach 1.1 meter.
Other names for family members include unernak, slipskin, fish doctor, and dogfish.
- Genus Aiakas
- Genus Allolepsis
- Genus Andriashevia
- Genus Austrolycus
- Genus Bilabria
- Genus Bothrocara
- Genus Bothrocarina
- Genus Crossostomus
- Genus Dadyanos
- Genus Davidijordania
- Genus Derepodichthys
- Genus Dieidolycus
- Genus Eucryphycus
- Genus Exechodontes
- Genus Gymnelopsis
- Genus Gymnelus
- Genus Hadropareia
- Genus Hadropogonichthys
- Genus Iluocoetes
- Genus Krusensterniella
- Genus Letholycus
- Genus Lycenchelys
- Genus Lycodapus
- Genus Lycodes
- Genus Lycodichthys
- Genus Lycodonus
- Genus Lycogrammoides
- Genus Lyconema
- Genus Lycozoarces
- Genus Magadania
- Genus Maynea
- Genus Melanostigma
- Genus Nalbantichthys
- Genus Notolycodes
- Genus Oidiphorus
- Genus Opaeophacus
- Genus Ophthalmolycus
- Genus Pachycara
- Genus Petroschmidtia
- Genus Phucocoetes
- Genus Piedrabuenia
- Genus Plesienchelys
- Genus Pogonolycus
- Genus Puzanovia
- Genus Pyrolycus
- Genus Seleniolycus
- Genus Taranetzella
- Genus Thermarces
- Genus Zoarces