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Class: Teleostei
Order: Perciformes/Zoarcoidei
Family: Zoarcidae Eelpouts
Subfamily: Lycodinae
Genus: Lycodes

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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Lycodes adolfi Adolf's eelpout Northeast Atlantic 24 SL 1993
Lycodes akuugun Northeast Pacific 32.4 SL 2006
Lycodes albolineatus Whitebar eelpout Northwest Pacific 77 TL 1955
Lycodes albonotatus Northwest Pacific 1934
Lycodes bathybius North Pacific 1950
Lycodes beringi Bering eelpout Northern Pacific 35.6 SL 1935
Lycodes brevipes Shortfin eelpout North Pacific 30 TL 1890
Lycodes brunneofasciatus Tawnystripe eelpout Northwest Pacific 79 TL 1935
Lycodes caudimaculatus Northwest Pacific 22.2 SL 1936
Lycodes concolor Ebony eelpout North Pacific 80 TL 1897
Lycodes cortezianus Bigfin eelpout Eastern Pacific 50 TL 1890
Lycodes diapterus Black eelpout North Pacific 33 TL 1892
Lycodes esmarkii Greater eelpout North Atlantic 75 TL 1875
Lycodes eudipleurostictus Doubleline eelpout Arctic 44.5 SL 1902
Lycodes fasciatus Banded eelpout Northwest Pacific 36 TL 1904
Lycodes frigidus Glacial eelpout Northeast Atlantic 69 TL 1879
Lycodes fulvus Northwest Pacific 1985
Lycodes gracilis Northeast Atlantic 28 TL 1867
Lycodes heinemanni Northwest Pacific 1916
Lycodes hubbsi Northwest Pacific 1955
Lycodes japonicus Northwest Pacific 12.4 SL 1951
Lycodes jenseni Northwest Pacific 22.6 TL 1935
Lycodes jugoricus Shulupaoluk Arctic 21.1 SL 1906
Lycodes lavalaei Newfoundland eelpout Northwest Atlantic 56 TL 1936
Lycodes luetkenii Lütken's eelpout Arctic to Northeast Atlan 35.5 SL 1880
Lycodes macrochir Northwest Pacific 1937
Lycodes macrolepis Northwest Pacific 1935
Lycodes marisalbi White sea eelpout Arctic and Northeast Atla 21.3 NG 1906
Lycodes matsubarai Northwest Pacific 1985
Lycodes mcallisteri McAllister's eelpout Northwest Atlantic 37.5 SL 2001
Lycodes microlepidotus Northwest Pacific 34.5 TL 1950
Lycodes microporus Northwest Pacific 27 SL 1983
Lycodes mucosus Saddled eelpout North Pacific 20.4 SL 1855
Lycodes nakamurae Northwest Pacific 27 TL 1914
Lycodes nishimurai Northwest Pacific 27.8 SL 2005
Lycodes obscurus Northwest Pacific 1985
Lycodes ocellatus Northwest Pacific 1985
Lycodes paamiuti Paamiut eelpout North Atlantic 24 SL 2001
Lycodes pacificus Blackbelly eelpout Eastern Pacific 46 TL 1879
Lycodes palearis Wattled eelpout North Pacific 51 TL 1896
Lycodes pallidus Pale eelpout Circumarctic (Ref. 11954) 26 TL 1879
Lycodes paucilepidotus Northwest Pacific 1985
Lycodes pectoralis Northwest Pacific 1985
Lycodes polaris Canadian eelpout Nearly circumpolar along 25 TL 1824
Lycodes raridens Marbled eelpout North Pacific 84 FL 1937
Lycodes reticulatus Arctic eelpout Western Atlantic 36 TL 1835
Lycodes rossi Threespot eelpout North Atlantic 31 TL 1865
Lycodes sadoensis Northwest Pacific 1980
Lycodes sagittarius Archer eelpout Arctic 27.3 SL 1976
Lycodes schmidti Northwest Pacific 26 TL 1907
Lycodes semenovi Northwest Pacific 1931
Lycodes seminudus Longear eelpout Northeast Atlantic 51.7 TL 1837
Lycodes sigmatoides Northwest Pacific 95 FL 1975
Lycodes soldatovi Northwest Pacific 96 FL 1935
Lycodes squamiventer Scalebelly eelpout Arctic, Northwest to Nort 26 TL 1904
Lycodes tanakae Northwest Pacific 91 FL 1914
Lycodes teraoi Northwest Pacific 1943
Lycodes terraenovae Western Atlantic 45.2 TL 1896
Lycodes toyamensis Northwest Pacific 32.5 SL 1941
Lycodes turneri Polar eelpout Arctic to Northwest Atlan 25 TL 1879
Lycodes uschakovi Northwest Pacific 1931
Lycodes vahlii Vahl's eelpout Arctic to Northwest Atlan 52 TL 1831
Lycodes yamatoi Northwest Pacific 1985
Lycodes ygreknotatus Northwest Pacific 19 TL 1950



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