Pachycara

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

Pachycara
Pachycara sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Perciformes
Family:
Zoarcidae
Genus:
Pachycara

Zugmayer, 1911

Species

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 [1]
  • 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 [2]
  • Pachycara mesoporum M. E. Anderson, 1989
  • Pachycara microcephalum (A. S. Jensen, 1902)
  • Pachycara moelleri Shinohara, 2012 [3]
  • 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

References
  1. Anderson, M.E., Somerville, R. & Copley, J.T. (2016): A new species of Pachycara Zugmayer, 1911 (Teleostei: Zoarcidae) from deep-sea chemosynthetic environments in the Caribbean Sea. Zootaxa, 4066 (1): 71-77.
  2. Corbella, C. & Møller, P.R. (2014): Description of a new deep-sea eelpout Pachycara matallanasi sp. nov. from the Solomon Sea (western South Pacific Ocean). Marine Biology Research, 11 (2): 180–187.
  3. Shinohara, G. (2012). "A New Deep-sea Eelpout, Pachycara moelleri (Perciformes: Zoarcidae) from Japan" (PDF). Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Ser. A, Supplement No. 6: 51–58.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)


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