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Zoarcidae
57 species in this family
The Zoarcidae family belongs to the eelpouts, wolffishes & gunnels and includes 57 species in the guide. You find them all below, with photos, identification details and distribution. Identify them in the field with the Fin's Fish Guide app.
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Best-known species
Eelpout (Zoarces viviparus)
Zoarcidae
Pale eelpout (Lycodes pallidus)
Zoarcidae
Vahl's eelpout
Lycodes gracilis
Zoarcidae
Doubleline eelpout
Lycodes eudipleurostictus
Zoarcidae
Esmark's ellpout
Lycodes esmarkii
Zoarcidae
Mother-of-eels
Zoarces americanus
Zoarcidae
Threespot eelpout
Lycodes rossi
Zoarcidae
Longear eelpout
Lycodes seminudus
Zoarcidae
Sars' wolf eelpout
Lycenchelys sarsii
Zoarcidae
Scalebelly eelpout
Lycodes squamiventer
Zoarcidae
All species from A to Z
Anderson's eelpout
Gymnelus andersoni
Zoarcidae
Antarctic eelpout (Lycodichthys antarcticus)
Zoarcidae
Antarctic eelpout (Ophthalmolycus amberensis)
Zoarcidae
Arctic eelpout
Lycodes reticulatus
Zoarcidae
Argentine eelpout
Lycenchelys argentina
Zoarcidae
Aurora pout
Gymnelus retrodorsalis
Zoarcidae
Austrolycus depressiceps
Austrolycus depressiceps
Zoarcidae
Bearded eelpout
Lyconema barbatum
Zoarcidae
Bigeye eelpout
Ophthalmolycus macrops
Zoarcidae
Bigeye unernak
Gymnelus hemifasciatus
Zoarcidae
Bigfin eelpout
Lycodes cortezianus
Zoarcidae
Bigtooth eelpout
Lycodapus fierasfer
Zoarcidae
Black eelpout
Lycodes diapterus
Zoarcidae
Blackbelly eelpout
Lycodes pacificus
Zoarcidae
Blacktail eelpout
Bothrocarina nigrocaudata
Zoarcidae
Broadbanded eelpout
Austrolycus laticinctus
Zoarcidae
Canadian eelpout
Lycodes polaris
Zoarcidae
Checker eelpout
Lycodes vahlii
Zoarcidae
Common wolf eel
Lycenchelys paxillus
Zoarcidae
Doubleline eelpout
Lycodes eudipleurostictus
Zoarcidae
Eastern pacific eelpout
Zoarces elongatus
Zoarcidae
Eelpout (Iluocoetes fimbriatus)
Zoarcidae
Eelpout (Oidiphorus brevis)
Zoarcidae
Eelpout (Zoarces viviparus)
Zoarcidae
Eelpout (Lycodes raridens)
Zoarcidae
Esmark's ellpout
Lycodes esmarkii
Zoarcidae
Fish doctor
Gymnelus viridis
Zoarcidae
Kelp eelpout
Phucocoetes latitans
Zoarcidae
Laval's eelpout
Lycodes lavalaei
Zoarcidae
Limp eelpout
Melanostigma gelatinosum
Zoarcidae
Longear eelpout
Lycodes seminudus
Zoarcidae
Longsnout eelpout
Bothrocara molle
Zoarcidae
Looseskin eelpout
Lycodapus dermatinus
Zoarcidae
Mother-of-eels
Zoarces americanus
Zoarcidae
Mottled eelpout
Davidijordania poecilimon
Zoarcidae
Newfoundland eelpout
Lycodes terraenovae
Zoarcidae
Notable klipfish
Dadyanos insignis
Zoarcidae
Paamiut eelpout
Lycodes paamiuti
Zoarcidae
Pale eelpout (Lycodes pallidus)
Zoarcidae
Pale eelpout (Lycodapus mandibularis)
Zoarcidae
Persimmon eelpout
Eucryphycus californicus
Zoarcidae
Regan's eelpout
Lycozoarces regani
Zoarcidae
Saddled eelpout
Lycodes mucosus
Zoarcidae
Sars' wolf eelpout
Lycenchelys sarsii
Zoarcidae
Scalebelly eelpout
Lycodes squamiventer
Zoarcidae
Shortfin eelpout
Lycodes brevipes
Zoarcidae
Slender eelpout
Argentinolycus elongatus
Zoarcidae
Smallhead eelpout (Bothrocarina microcephala)
Zoarcidae
Smallhead eelpout (Pachycara microcephalum)
Zoarcidae
Soldatov's eelpout
Lycodes soldatovi
Zoarcidae
Tawnystripe eelpout
Lycodes brunneofasciatus
Zoarcidae
Threespot eelpout
Lycodes rossi
Zoarcidae
Twoline eelpout
Bothrocara brunneum
Zoarcidae
Vahl's eelpout
Lycodes gracilis
Zoarcidae
Wattled eelpout
Lycodes palearis
Zoarcidae
Whitespotted eelpout
Lycodes albonotatus
Zoarcidae
Wolf eelpout
Lycenchelys verrillii
Zoarcidae