Pachycara
Genus of fishes
Pachycara genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Zoarcidae , the eelpouts . The fishes in this genus are found in the Atlantic , Indian , Southern and Pacific Ocean .
Species
There are currently 29 recognized species in this genus:[ 2]
Pachycara alepidotum M. E. Anderson & Mincarone , 2006Pachycara angeloi Thiel , Kneblsberger , Kihara & Gerdes , 2021[ 3] Pachycara andersoni Møller , 2003Pachycara 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 [ 4] 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[ 5] Pachycara mesoporum M. E. Anderson, 1989 Pachycara microcephalum (A. S. Jensen , 1902) Pachycara moelleri Shinohara , 2012[ 6] 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 , 2004Pachycara shcherbachevi M. E. Anderson, 1989 Pachycara sulaki M. E. Anderson, 1989 Pachycara suspectum (Garman, 1899) Pachycara thermophilum Geistdoerfer , 1994
References
^ a b Eschmeyer, William N. ; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Lycodinae" . Catalog of Fishes California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 18 November 2022 .^ Froese, Rainer ; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pachycara " . FishBase ^ Ralf Thiel; Thomas Kneblsberger; Terue Kihara; Klass Gerdes (2021). "Description of a new eelpout Pachycara angeloi sp. nov. (Perciformes: Zoarcidae) from deep-sea hydrothermal vent fields in the Indian Ocean". Zootaxa . 4980 (1): 99–112. doi :10.11646/ZOOTAXA.4980.1.6 . ^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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 (Suppl. 6): 51–58.
