Zoarchias
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Stichaeidae
Subfamily: Neozoarcinae
Genus: Zoarchias
Jordan & Snyder, 1902 [1]
Type species
Zoarchias veneficus
Jordan & Snyder, 1902[1]

Zoarchias is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Stichaeidae, the pricklebacks and shannies. These fishes are found in the northwestern and western Pacific Ocean.

Species

The following species are classified within the genus Zoarchias:[2]

  • Zoarchias glaber Tanaka, 1908
  • Zoarchias hosoyai Kimura & Sato, 2007
  • Zoarchias macrocephalus Kimura & Sato, 2007
  • Zoarchias major Tomiyama, 1972
  • Zoarchias microstomus Kimura & Jiang, 1995
  • Zoarchias uchidai Matsubara, 1932
  • Zoarchias veneficus Jordan & Snyder 1902

References

  1. 1 2 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Neozoarcidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). Species of Zoarchias in FishBase. June 2022 version.
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