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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Zoarcidae Eelpouts
Subfamily: Lycodinae
Genus: Lycenchelys

(See list of species below)


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62 species (see list below)

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Northeast Atlantic
Max. Length 26.7 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys alba
[]
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Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 18.4 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys albeola
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 43.8 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys albomaculata
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 12.3 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys alta
[]

Photo by FAO

Southern Ocean and Atlant
Max. Length 24.8 cm SL
Lycenchelys antarctica Regan, 1913

Photo by FAO
 
Lycenchelys antarctica
[]
No picture found
Southern Ocean
Max. Length 21.9 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys aratrirostris
[]
No picture found
Southern Ocean
Max. Length 26 cm TL
 
Lycenchelys argentina
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 13.6 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys aurantiaca
[]
No picture found
Southwest Atlantic
Max. Length 31.5 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys bachmanni
[]
No picture found
Southern Ocean
Max. Length 26.6 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys bellingshauseni
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No picture found
Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 17.6 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys bullisi
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No picture found
Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 20.3 cm TL
 
Lycenchelys callista
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No picture found
North Pacific
Max. Length 14.5 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys camchatica
[]
No picture found
Southeast Pacific
 
Lycenchelys chauliodus
[]
No picture found
Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 26.2 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys cicatrifer
[]

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 42.2 cm SL
Lycenchelys crotalinus (Gilbert, 1890)

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada
 
Lycenchelys crotalinus
[Snakehead eelpout]

Photo by Orlov, A.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 42 cm TL
Lycenchelys fedorovi Anderson & Balanov, 2000

Photo by Orlov, A.
 
Lycenchelys fedorovi
[]
No picture found
Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 15.8 cm TL
 
Lycenchelys folletti
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No picture found
Southeast Pacific
Max. Length 18.2 cm TL
 
Lycenchelys hadrogeneia
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No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 22.1 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys hippopotamus
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No picture found
Southern Ocean
Max. Length 26.6 cm TL
 
Lycenchelys hureaui
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No picture found
Southeast Pacific
Max. Length 21.2 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys imamurai
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No picture found
Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 24 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys incisa
[]

Photo by Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish.

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 33 cm SL
Lycenchelys jordani (Evermann & Goldsborough, 1907)

Photo by Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish.
 
Lycenchelys jordani
[Shortjaw eelpout]

Photo by Svensen, R.

Arctic, Northwest to Nort
Max. Length 23.2 cm SL
Lycenchelys kolthoffi Jensen, 1904

Photo by Svensen, R.
 
Lycenchelys kolthoffi
[Checkered wolf eel]
No picture found
Southeast Pacific
Max. Length 37 cm TL
 
Lycenchelys lonchoura
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 29.8 cm TL
 
Lycenchelys maculata
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No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 14.0 cm TL
 
Lycenchelys makushok
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No picture found
Southwest Pacific
 
Lycenchelys maoriensis
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No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 22.7 cm TL
 
Lycenchelys melanostomias
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No picture found
North Pacific
 
Lycenchelys micropora
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No picture found
Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 24.2 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys monstrosa
[]

Photo by DESCNA

Arctic
Max. Length 22.6 cm SL
Lycenchelys muraena (Collett, 1878)

Photo by DESCNA
 
Lycenchelys muraena
[Moray wolf eel]
No picture found
Southern Ocean
Max. Length 18.5 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys nanospinata
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No picture found
Southern Ocean
Max. Length 28 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys nigripalatum
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No picture found
Southwestern Pacific.
 
Lycenchelys novaezealandiae
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No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 16.4 cm TL
 
Lycenchelys parini
[Parin's wolf eelpout]

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 17.5 cm SL
Lycenchelys paxillus (Goode & Bean, 1879)

Photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada
 
Lycenchelys paxillus
[Common wolf eel]
No picture found
Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 38.5 cm TL
 
Lycenchelys pearcyi
[]
No picture found
Southeast Pacific
Max. Length 15.3 cm TL
 
Lycenchelys pentactina
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No picture found
Southeast Pacific
Max. Length 19.3 cm TL
 
Lycenchelys pequenoi
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No picture found
Southeast Pacific
Max. Length 10.5 cm TL
 
Lycenchelys peruana
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No picture found
Arctic
Max. Length 14.6 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys platyrhina
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No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 18.8 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys plicifera
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No picture found
Southwestern Pacific.
 
Lycenchelys polyodon
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No picture found
Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 29.9 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys porifer
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No picture found
North Pacific
Max. Length 22.4 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys rassi
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No picture found
North Pacific
Max. Length 18.5 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys ratmanovi
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No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 21 cm TL
 
Lycenchelys remissaria
[Shifted wolf eelpout]
No picture found
North Pacific
Max. Length 23.5 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys rosea
[]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 17.0 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys ryukyuensis
[]

Photo by Byrkjedal, I.

North Atlantic
Max. Length 20 cm TL
Lycenchelys sarsii (Collett, 1871)

Photo by Byrkjedal, I.
 
Lycenchelys sarsii
[Sar's wolf eel]
No picture found
Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 19.2 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys scaurus
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No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 22.3 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys squamosa
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No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 27 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys tohokuensis
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No picture found
Southern Ocean
Max. Length 30.4 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys tristichodon
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No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 25.4 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys uschakovi
[]

Photo by Flescher, D.

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 25 cm TL
Lycenchelys verrillii (Goode & Bean, 1877)

Photo by Flescher, D.
 
Lycenchelys verrillii
[Wolf eelpout]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 8.5 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys vitiazi
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No picture found
North Pacific
Max. Length 20.5 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys volki
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No picture found
Southern Ocean
Max. Length 24.9 cm SL
 
Lycenchelys wilkesi
[]
No picture found
Southern Ocean
Max. Length 27 cm TL
 
Lycenchelys xanthoptera
[]
62 Species of Family Zoarcidae with Genus Lycenchelys
(Eelpouts)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1888 Lycenchelys alba Northeast Atlantic 26.7 SL
1958 Lycenchelys albeola Northwest Pacific 18.4 SL
1983 Lycenchelys albomaculata Northwest Pacific 43.8 SL
1985 Lycenchelys alta Northwest Pacific 12.3 SL
1913 Lycenchelys antarctica Southern Ocean and Atlant 24.8 SL
1968 Lycenchelys aratrirostris Southern Ocean 21.9 SL
1977 Lycenchelys argentina Southern Ocean 26 TL
1998 Lycenchelys aurantiaca Northwest Pacific 13.6 SL
1977 Lycenchelys bachmanni Southwest Atlantic 31.5 SL
1968 Lycenchelys bellingshauseni Southern Ocean 26.6 SL
1964 Lycenchelys bullisi Western Central Atlantic 17.6 SL
1995 Lycenchelys callista Eastern Pacific 20.3 TL
1912 Lycenchelys camchatica North Pacific 14.5 SL
1995 Lycenchelys chauliodus Southeast Pacific
1899 Lycenchelys cicatrifer Eastern Pacific 26.2 SL
1890 Lycenchelys crotalinus Snakehead eelpout Eastern Pacific 42.2 SL
2000 Lycenchelys fedorovi Northwest Pacific 42 TL
1995 Lycenchelys folletti Eastern Central Pacific 15.8 TL
1995 Lycenchelys hadrogeneia Southeast Pacific 18.2 TL
1950 Lycenchelys hippopotamus Northwest Pacific 22.1 SL
1979 Lycenchelys hureaui Southern Ocean 26.6 TL
2006 Lycenchelys imamurai Southeast Pacific 21.2 SL
1899 Lycenchelys incisa Eastern Pacific 24 SL
1907 Lycenchelys jordani Shortjaw eelpout Eastern Pacific 33 SL
1904 Lycenchelys kolthoffi Checkered wolf eel Arctic, Northwest to Nort 23.2 SL
1995 Lycenchelys lonchoura Southeast Pacific 37 TL
1985 Lycenchelys maculata Northwest Pacific 29.8 TL
1993 Lycenchelys makushok Northwest Pacific 14.0 TL
1986 Lycenchelys maoriensis Southwest Pacific
1983 Lycenchelys melanostomias Northwest Pacific 22.7 TL
1955 Lycenchelys micropora North Pacific
1982 Lycenchelys monstrosa Eastern Central Pacific 24.2 SL
1878 Lycenchelys muraena Moray wolf eel Arctic 22.6 SL
1988 Lycenchelys nanospinata Southern Ocean 18.5 SL
1979 Lycenchelys nigripalatum Southern Ocean 28 SL
2007 Lycenchelys novaezealandiae Southwestern Pacific.
1995 Lycenchelys parini Parin's wolf eelpout Northwest Pacific 16.4 TL
1879 Lycenchelys paxillus Common wolf eel Western Atlantic 17.5 SL
1995 Lycenchelys pearcyi Eastern Pacific 38.5 TL
1995 Lycenchelys pentactina Southeast Pacific 15.3 TL
1995 Lycenchelys pequenoi Southeast Pacific 19.3 TL
1995 Lycenchelys peruana Southeast Pacific 10.5 TL
1902 Lycenchelys platyrhina Arctic 14.6 SL
1955 Lycenchelys plicifera Northwest Pacific 18.8 SL
2007 Lycenchelys polyodon Southwestern Pacific.
1890 Lycenchelys porifer Eastern Pacific 29.9 SL
1955 Lycenchelys rassi North Pacific 22.4 SL
1955 Lycenchelys ratmanovi North Pacific 18.5 SL
1995 Lycenchelys remissaria Shifted wolf eelpout Northwest Pacific 21 TL
1985 Lycenchelys rosea North Pacific 23.5 SL
2007 Lycenchelys ryukyuensis Northwest Pacific 17.0 SL
1871 Lycenchelys sarsii Sar's wolf eel North Atlantic 20 TL
1899 Lycenchelys scaurus Eastern Pacific 19.2 SL
1983 Lycenchelys squamosa Northwest Pacific 22.3 SL
2002 Lycenchelys tohokuensis Northwest Pacific 27 SL
1979 Lycenchelys tristichodon Southern Ocean 30.4 SL
1958 Lycenchelys uschakovi Northwest Pacific 25.4 SL
1877 Lycenchelys verrillii Wolf eelpout Western Atlantic 25 TL
1955 Lycenchelys vitiazi Northwest Pacific 8.5 SL
1955 Lycenchelys volki North Pacific 20.5 SL
1988 Lycenchelys wilkesi Southern Ocean 24.9 SL
1991 Lycenchelys xanthoptera Southern Ocean 27 TL



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