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Pachycara andersoni Møller, 2003

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Pachycara andersoni Møller, 2003
Name authority
Møller, 2003
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Perciformes
Family
Zoarcidae
Genus
Pachycara
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderPerciformes
  11. suborderZoarcoidei
  12. familyZoarcidae Swainson, 1839
  13. subfamilyLycodinae Gill, 1861
  14. genusPachycara Zugmayer, 1911
  15. speciesPachycara andersoni Møller, 2003

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Pachycara. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Pachycara alepidotum Anderson & Mincarone, 2006ZoarcidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
snubnose eelpoutPachycara bulbiceps (Garman, 1899)ZoarcidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Pachycara caribbaeum Anderson, Somerville & Copley, 2016ZoarcidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Pachycara cousinsi Møller & King, 2007ZoarcidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
scalednape eelpoutPachycara lepinium Anderson & Peden, 1988ZoarcidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Pachycara mesoporum Anderson, 1989ZoarcidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Pachycara microcephalum (Jensen, 1902)ZoarcidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Pachycara pammelas Anderson, 1989ZoarcidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Pachycara shcherbachevi Anderson, 1989ZoarcidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Pachycara sulaki Anderson, 1989ZoarcidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Pachycara thermophilum Geistdoerfer, 1994ZoarcidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Pachycara matallanasi Corbella & Møller, 2014ZoarcidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 250 records assigned to Zoarcidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Møller, P. R. (2003). Two new species of Pachycara Zugmayer (Teleostei: Zoarcidae) from the Indian Ocean, with redescription Pachycara shcherbachevi Anderson. Copeia, 2003. https://doi.org/10.1643/0045-8511(2003)003[0357:tnsopz]2.0.co;2 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:4BQ7L. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.