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Family · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Zoarcidae

Eelpouts

WoRMS 125575ITIS 165215GBIF 5079key worms:125575
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2026-08-05: itis_id 165215 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Nathan Hermann · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Zoarces americanus

Size · not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon (a genus page could show the range of its species).

Photograph of Zoarcidae
Photo · Sara Thiebaud · CC BY-NC 4.0 · inat NC

The eelpouts are the ray-finned fish family Zoarcidae. As the common name suggests, they are somewhat eel-like in appearance.W CalCOFI holds 4 observations of it in 2 datasets between 1966 and 2012, as larva, across 2 taxa under it.R

4
observations
4
records
2
sampling events
1966–2012
years
2
datasets
1
species under it
larva
life stages

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

  • Ichthyoplankton 2 obs · 2 events · 1966–1967 · larva
    name used: Zoarcidae Eelpouts · code 860

Under it · 1 taxon

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorerdb-query
ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon
https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:125575%22