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Genus of fishes
Pachycara is a
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 .
There are currently 29 recognized species in this genus:
[2]
Pachycara alepidotum
M. E. Anderson &
Mincarone , 2006
Pachycara angeloi
Thiel ,
Kneblsberger ,
Kihara &
Gerdes , 2021
[3]
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
[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 , 2004
Pachycara shcherbachevi M. E. Anderson, 1989
Pachycara sulaki M. E. Anderson, 1989
Pachycara suspectum (Garman, 1899)
Pachycara thermophilum
Geistdoerfer , 1994
^
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 and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022).
Species of Pachycara in
FishBase . June 2022 version.
^ 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, Supplement No. 6 : 51–58.