Pachycara

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Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Pachycara Higher classification Eelpout Order Perciformes		Family Zoarcidae Phylum Chordata Rank Genus

Similar Eelpout, Thermarces, Perciformes, Lycodes

New pachycara eelpout species in the mariana trench

Pachycara is a genus of eelpouts found in Atlantic, Indian, Southern and Pacific Ocean.

There are currently 28 recognized species in this genus:

Pachycara alepidotum M. E. Anderson & Mincarone, 2006

Pachycara andersoni Møller, 2003 (Anderson's eelpout)

Pachycara arabica Møller, 2003 (Arabian eelpout)

Pachycara brachycephalum (Pappenheim, 1912)

Pachycara bulbiceps (Garman, 1899) (Snub-nose eelpout)

Pachycara caribbaeum M. E. Anderson, R. N. Somerville & Copley, 2016

Pachycara cousinsi Møller & N. J. King 2007 (Brown eelpout)

Pachycara crassiceps (Roule, 1916)

Pachycara crossacanthum M. E. Anderson, 1989

Pachycara dolichaulus M. E. Anderson, 2006

Pachycara garricki M. E. Anderson, 1990

Pachycara goni M. E. Anderson, 1991

Pachycara gymninium M. E. Anderson & Peden, 1988 (Naked-nape eelpout)

Pachycara karenae M. E. Anderson, 2012

Pachycara lepinium M. E. Anderson & Peden, 1988 (Scaly-nape eelpout)

Pachycara matallanasi Corbella & Møller, 2014

Pachycara mesoporum M. E. Anderson, 1989

Pachycara microcephalum (A. S. Jensen, 1902)

Pachycara moelleri Shinohara, 2012

Pachycara nazca M. E. Anderson & Bluhm, 1997

Pachycara pammelas M. E. Anderson, 1989

Pachycara priedei Møller & N. J. King 2007

Pachycara rimae M. E. Anderson, 1989

Pachycara saldanhai Biscoito & A. J. T. Almeida, 2004

Pachycara shcherbachevi M. E. Anderson, 1989

Pachycara sulaki M. E. Anderson, 1989

Pachycara suspectum (Garman, 1899)

Pachycara thermophilum Geistdoerfer, 1994

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