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Zoarces americanus  (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 630979

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Macrozoarces americanus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)
  
    Zoarces anguillaris (Peck, 1804)
  
  Common Name(s): ocean pout [English]
  
    loquette d'Amérique [French]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderPerciformes  – perch-like fishes  
                               SuborderZoarcoidei  – zoarcoids  
                                  FamilyZoarcidae Swainson, 1839 – lycodes, viruelas, eelpouts, viviparous blennies  
                                     GenusZoarces Cuvier, 1829  
                                        SpeciesZoarces americanus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) – ocean pout, loquette d'Amérique  
       

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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Zoarces americanus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Anderson, M. Eric, and V. V. Federov  
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title: Family Zoarcidae Swainson 1839: eelpouts   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Annotated Checklists of Fishes, no. 34   
  Page(s): 1-58   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1545-150X   
  Notes: Submitted as a CD-ROM that meets the requirements of Article 8.6 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (1999)   
  Reference for: Zoarces americanus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Klein-MacPhee, Grace, and Bruce B. Collette / Collette, Bruce B., and Grace Klein-MacPhee, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title: Eelpouts: Family Zoarcidae   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, Third Edition   
  Page(s): 466-474   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-951-3   
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  Reference for: Zoarces americanus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds.  
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29   
  Page(s): ix + 386   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-61-1, 0097-0638  
  Notes: Full author list: Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, Héctor Espinosa-Pérez, Lloyd T. Findley, Carter R. Gilbert, Robert N. Lea, and James D. Williams   
  Reference for: Zoarces americanus, loquette d'Amérique [French], ocean pout [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Western Atlantic Ocean  
       
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