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

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27 species (see list below)
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Pachycara alepidotum Southwest Atlantic 28.2 SL 2006
Pachycara andersoni Anderson's eelpout Western Indian Ocean 25 SL 2003
Pachycara arabica Arabian eelpout Western Indian Ocean 30.4 SL 2003
Pachycara brachycephalum Shorthead eelpout Southern Ocean 36 TL 1912
Pachycara bulbiceps Snubnose eelpout Northeast Pacific 51.5 TL 1899
Pachycara caribbaeum Caribbean Sea 19.9 SL 2016
Pachycara cousinsi Southern Indian Ocean 41 SL 2007
Pachycara crassiceps Eastern Atlantic 54 TL 1916
Pachycara crossacanthum Eastern Central Atlantic 37 SL 1989
Pachycara dolichaulus Southeast Pacific 24.4 SL 2006
Pachycara garricki Southwest Pacific 20 SL 1990
Pachycara goni Southern Ocean 26.2 SL 1991
Pachycara gymninium Nakednape eelpout Northeast Pacific 42.2 SL 1988
Pachycara karenae Eastern Pacific 33.6 SL 2012
Pachycara lepinium Scalynape eelpout Northeast Pacific 46.5 SL 1988
Pachycara matallanasi Western Pacific 14.8 SL 2014
Pachycara mesoporum Southeast Pacific 48.5 SL 1989
Pachycara microcephalum Northeast Atlantic 7.7 SL 1902
Pachycara nazca Southeast Pacific 1997
Pachycara pammelas Southeast Pacific 33.6 SL 1989
Pachycara priedei Southern Indian Ocean 23 SL 2007
Pachycara rimae Southeast Pacific 40.3 SL 1989
Pachycara saldanhai Atlantic Ocean 24.7 SL 2004
Pachycara shcherbachevi Eastern Indian Ocean 23.6 SL 1989
Pachycara sulaki Western Atlantic. 18.9 SL 1989
Pachycara suspectum Eastern Central Pacific 23 SL 1899
Pachycara thermophilum Atlantic Ocean 38.8 TL 1994



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cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013