eelpout

Zoarces viviparus

Fish Reaching Fifty Two Centimeters in the Atlantic Ocean

eelpout is a marine fish from Northeast Atlantic. It inhabits marine waters. The largest recorded length is 52 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Zoarcidae
Genus: Zoarces
Maximum length: 52 cm
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Northeast Atlantic: White Sea, Cheshskaya Guba and Murmansk coast (Barents Sea) southward to English Channel (River Somme); eastern coasts of Scotland, England, also Irish Sea; the Orkneys, Shetlands and in shallow waters of North Sea and Baltic.

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