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Zoarchias glaber Tanaka, 1908

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
Zoarchias glaber Tanaka, 1908
Name authority
Tanaka, 1908
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Perciformes
Family
Stichaeidae
Genus
Zoarchias
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. familyStichaeidae Gill, 1864
  13. subfamilyNeozoarcinae Jordan & Snyder, 1902
  14. genusZoarchias Jordan & Snyder, 1902
  15. speciesZoarchias glaber Tanaka, 1908

Close classified relatives

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

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Zoarchias hosoyai Kimura & Sato, 2007StichaeidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Zoarchias macrocephalus Kimura & Sato, 2007StichaeidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Zoarchias major Tomiyama, 1972StichaeidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Zoarchias uchidai Matsubara, 1932StichaeidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Zoarchias veneficus Jordan & Snyder, 1902StichaeidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Zoarchias microstomus Kimura & Jiang, 1995StichaeidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Zoarchias neglectus Tanaka, 1908StichaeidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

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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. Tanaka, S. (1908). Descriptions of eight new species of fishes from Japan. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, v. 7 (pt 1): 27–47. 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:5D67Q. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.