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Zoarces
Sign in to saveZoarces is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Zoarcidae, the eelpouts. It is the only genus in the subfamily Zoarcinae. These eelpouts are found in the northern Atlantic and northern Pacific Oceans.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyZoarcidae
Бельдюги (лат. Zoarces) — род морских лучепёрых рыб семейства бельдюговых. Распространены в северной части Атлантического океана (2 вида) и в северо-западной части Тихого океана (4 вида). Некоторые представители рода являются яйцеживородящими. В состав рода включают 6 видов: Zoarces americanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) — Американская бельдюга Zoarces andriashevi (Parin, Grigoryev & Karmovskaya, 2005) — Бельдюга Андрияшева Zoarces elongatus (Kner, 1868) — Восточная бельдюга Zoarces fedorovi (Chereshnev, Nazarkin & Chegodayeva, 2007) — Бельдюга Фёдорова Zoarces gillii (Jordan & Starks, 1905) — Бельдюга Гилли Zoarces viviparus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Европейская бельдюга
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Zoarces is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Zoarcidae, the eelpouts. It is the only genus in the subfamily Zoarcinae. These eelpouts are found in the northern Atlantic and northern Pacific Oceans.
==Taxonomy== Zoarces was first proposed as a genus in 1829 by the French zoologist Georges Cuvier. Blennius viviparus, which had been described in 1758 by Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae from "European seas". was subsequently designated as the type species. Zoarces is the only genus classified within the subfamily Zoarcinae, one of 4 subfamilies in the family Zoarcidae.