Zoarces fedorovi

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Zoarces fedorovi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Zoarcidae
Genus: Zoarces
Species:
Z. fedorovi
Binomial name
Zoarces fedorovi

Zoarces fedorovi is an eelpout in the family Zoarcidae, found only in the northern part of the Sea of Okhotsk. [1]

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References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2022). "Zoarces fedorovi" in FishBase . June 2022 version.