page_title: Lycodes
section_title: Species
hierarchical_section_title: Lycodes / Species
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 葛西臨海水族園にて
context_page_description: Lycodes is a genus of zoarcid fish in the subfamily Lycodinae. It is the most species-rich genus in its taxonomic family as well as in the Arctic Ocean and adjacent waters. They occupy both shallow waters and deeper waters down to 3000 meters. A few species can occur in brackish waters.
context_section_description: Currently, 64 species are placed in this genus:
  Lycodes adolfi J. G. Nielsen & Fosså, 1993 (Adolf's eelpout)
  Lycodes akuugun D. E. Stevenson & J. W. Orr, 2006
  Lycodes albolineatus Andriashev, 1955 (whitebar eelpout)
  Lycodes albonotatus (Taranetz & Andriashev, 1934)
  Lycodes bathybius P. Y. Schmidt, 1950
  Lycodes beringi Andriashev, 1935 (Bering eelpout)
  Lycodes brevipes T. H. Bean, 1890 (shortfin eelpout)
  Lycodes brunneofasciatus Suvorov, 1935 (tawnystripe eelpout)
  Lycodes caudimaculatus Matsubara, 1936
  Lycodes concolor T. N. Gill & Townsend, 1897 (ebony eelpout)
  Lycodes cortezianus (C. H. Gilbert, 1890) (bigfin eelpout)
  Lycodes diapterus C. H. Gilbert, 1892 (black eelpout)
  Lycodes esmarkii Collett, 1875 (greater eelpout)
  Lycodes eudipleurostictus A. S. Jensen, 1902 (doubleline eelpout)
  Lycodes fasciatus (P. Y. Schmidt, 1904) (banded eelpout)
  Lycodes frigidus Collett, 1879 (glacial eelpout)
  Lycodes fulvus Toyoshima, 1985
  Lycodes gracilis M. Sars, 1867
  Lycodes heinemanni Soldatov, 1916
  Lycodes hubbsi Matsubara, 1955
  Lycodes japonicus Matsubara & Iwai, 1951
  Lycodes jenseni Taranetz & Andriashev, 1935
  Lycodes jugoricus Knipowitsch, 1906 (Shulupaoluk)
  Lycodes lavalaei Vladykov & Tremblay, 1936 (Newfoundland eelpout)
  Lycodes luetkenii Collett, 1880 (Lütken's eelpout)
  Lycodes macrochir P. Y. Schmidt, 1937
  Lycodes macrolepis Taranetz & Andriashev, 1935
  Lycodes marisalbi Knipowitsch, 1906 (white sea eelpout)
  Lycodes matsubarai Toyoshima, 1985
  Lycodes mcallisteri Peter Rask Møller, 2001 (McAllister's eelpout)
  Lycodes microlepidotus P. Y. Schmidt, 1950
  Lycodes microporus Toyoshima, 1983
  Lycodes mucosus J. Richardson, 1855 (saddled eelpout)
  Lycodes nakamurae (S. Tanaka (I), 1914) 
  Lycodes nishimurai  Shinohara & Shirai, 2005
  Lycodes obscurus Toyoshima, 1985
  Lycodes ocellatus Toyoshima, 1985
  Lycodes paamiuti Møller, 2001 (Paamiut eelpout)
  Lycodes pacificus Collett, 1879 (blackbelly eelpout)
  Lycodes palearis C. H. Gilbert, 1896 (wattled eelpout)
  Lycodes pallidus Collett, 1879 (pale eelpout)
  Lycodes paucilepidotus Toyoshima, 1985
  Lycodes pectoralis Toyoshima, 1985
  Lycodes polaris (E. Sabine, 1824) (Canadian eelpout)
  Lycodes raridens Taranetz & Andriashev, 1937 (marbled eelpout)
  Lycodes reticulatus J. C. H. Reinhardt, 1835 (Arctic eelpout)
  Lycodes rossi Malmgren, 1865 (threespot eelpout)
  Lycodes sadoensis Toyoshima & Honma, 1980
  Lycodes sagittarius D. E. McAllister, 1976 (archer eelpout)
  Lycodes schmidti Gratzianov, 1907
  Lycodes semenovi (Popov, 1931)
  Lycodes seminudus J. C. H. Reinhardt, 1837 (longear eelpout)
  Lycodes sigmatoides Lindberg & Krasyukova, 1975
  Lycodes soldatovi Taranetz & Andriashev, 1935
  Lycodes squamiventer A. S. Jensen, 1904 (scalebelly eelpout)
  Lycodes tanakae D. S. Jordan & W. F. Thompson, 1914
  Lycodes teraoi Katayama, 1943
  Lycodes terraenovae Collett, 1896
  Lycodes toyamensis (Katayama, 1941)
  Lycodes turneri T. H. Bean, 1879 (polar eelpout)
  Lycodes uschakovi Popov, 1931
  Lycodes vahlii J. C. H. Reinhardt, 1831 (Vahl's eelpout)
  Lycodes yamatoi Toyoshima, 1985
  Lycodes ygreknotatus P. Y. Schmidt, 1950
caption: Saddled eelpout
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