Pachycara is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Zoarcidae, the eelpouts. The fishes in this genus are found in the Atlantic, Indian, Southern and Pacific Ocean.
Species
There are currently 29 recognized species in this genus:
- Pachycara alepidotum <small>M. E. Anderson & Mincarone, 2006</small>
- Pachycara angeloi <small>Thiel, Kneblsberger, Kihara & Gerdes, 2021</small>
- Pachycara andersoni <small>Møller, 2003</small> (Anderson's eelpout)
- Pachycara arabica <small>Møller, 2003</small> (Arabian eelpout)
- Pachycara brachycephalum <small>(Pappenheim, 1912)</small>
- Pachycara bulbiceps <small>(Garman, 1899)</small> (Snub-nose eelpout)
- Pachycara caribbaeum <small>M. E. Anderson, R. N. Somerville & Copley, 2016</small>
- Pachycara cousinsi <small>Møller & N. J. King 2007</small> (Brown eelpout)
- Pachycara crassiceps <small>(Roule, 1916)</small>
- Pachycara crossacanthum <small>M. E. Anderson, 1989</small>
- Pachycara dolichaulus <small>M. E. Anderson, 2006</small>
- Pachycara garricki <small>M. E. Anderson, 1990</small>
- Pachycara goni <small>M. E. Anderson, 1991</small>
- Pachycara gymninium <small>M. E. Anderson & Peden, 1988</small> (Naked-nape eelpout)
- Pachycara karenae <small>M. E. Anderson, 2012</small>
- Pachycara lepinium <small>M. E. Anderson & Peden, 1988</small> (Scaly-nape eelpout)
- Pachycara matallanasi <small>Corbella & Møller, 2014</small>
- Pachycara mesoporum <small>M. E. Anderson, 1989</small>
- Pachycara microcephalum <small>(A. S. Jensen, 1902)</small>
- Pachycara moelleri <small>Shinohara, 2012</small>
- Pachycara nazca <small>M. E. Anderson & Bluhm, 1997</small>
- Pachycara pammelas <small>M. E. Anderson, 1989</small>
- Pachycara priedei <small>Møller & N. J. King, 2007</small>
- Pachycara rimae <small>M. E. Anderson, 1989</small>
- Pachycara saldanhai <small>Biscoito & A. J. T. Almeida, 2004</small>
- Pachycara shcherbachevi <small>M. E. Anderson, 1989</small>
- Pachycara sulaki <small>M. E. Anderson, 1989</small>
- Pachycara suspectum <small>(Garman, 1899)</small>
- Pachycara thermophilum <small>Geistdoerfer, 1994</small>
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