Notched-fin eelpout
Zoarces elongatus Kner, 1868
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.
Open encyclopedia reference
Zoarces elongatus, the eastern viviparous blenny, is an eelpout in the family Zoarcidae. Z. elongatus was described by Rudolf Kner in 1868. The species is endemic to the Northwest Pacific, in such areas as the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk and the coastal waters of China.
Wikipedia contributors, Zoarces elongatus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:41:21.007550+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Zoarces elongatus Kner, 1868
- Name authority
- Kner, 1868
- Common name
- Notched-fin eelpout
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Zoarcidae
- Genus
- Zoarces
- 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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderPerciformes
- suborderZoarcoidei
- familyZoarcidae Swainson, 1839
- subfamilyZoarcinae Swainson, 1839
- genusZoarces Cuvier, 1829
- speciesZoarces elongatus Kner, 1868
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Zoarces. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| ocean poutZoarces americanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | ZoarcidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Zoarces fedorovi Chereshnev, Nazarkin & Chegodaeva, 2007 | ZoarcidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| eelpoutZoarces viviparus (Linnaeus, 1758) | ZoarcidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Andriashev’s eelpoutZoarces andriashevi Parin, Grigoryev & Karmovskaya, 2005 | ZoarcidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Zoarces gillii Jordan & Starks, 1905 | ZoarcidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Enchelyopus elongatus (Kner, 1868) (Kner, 1868) | synonym |
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.
- Kner, R. (1868). Über neue Fische aus dem Museum der Herren Johann Cäsar Godeffroy & Sohn in Hamburg. (IV. Folge). Sitzungsberichte Der Kaiserlichen Akademie Der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, v. 58 (nos 1–2): 26–31. 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:5D67G. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.