Atlantic eelpout

The Atlantic eelpout lives in the bathydemersal, marine, depth range 630 - 2604 m environment.

Zoarces viviparus, the North Atlantic eelpout (Family Zoarcidae), is very unusual in that the female gives birth to fully formed young. Parental care is rare in fishes but occurs in pipe fishes and sea horses (Family Syngnathidae). More

Common names

Atlantic eelpout in English
Atlantisk ålebrosme in Danish (dansk)
Lycode de terre-neuve in French (français)
newfoundland eelpout in English
大西洋狼綿鳚 in Mandarin Chinese
大西洋狼绵鳚 in Mandarin Chinese
深海狼綿鳚 in Mandarin Chinese
深海狼绵鳚 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Perciformes
Family : Zoarcidae
Genus : Lycodes
Species : Lycodes terraenovae
Authority : Collett, 1896