Zoarchias is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Stichaeidae, the pricklebacks and shannies. These fishes are found in the northwestern and western Pacific Ocean.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Stichaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Neozoarcinae |
| Genus: | Zoarchias Jordan & Snyder, 1902 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Zoarchias veneficus Jordan & Snyder, 1902[1]
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Species
editThe following species are classified within the genus Zoarchias:[2]
- Zoarchias glaber Tanaka, 1908
- Zoarchias hosoyai Kimura & Sato, 2007
- Zoarchias macrocephalus Kimura & Sato, 2007
- Zoarchias major Tomiyama, 1972
- Zoarchias microstomus Kimura & Jiang, 1995
- Zoarchias uchidai Matsubara, 1932
- Zoarchias veneficus Jordan & Snyder 1902
References
edit- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Neozoarcidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Zoarchias". FishBase. June 2022 version.