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eel·pout

(ēl′pout′)

n. pl. eelpout or eel·pouts

1. Any of various bottom-dwelling marine fishes of the family Zoarcidae, having a large head and an elongated body with dorsal and anal fins that are continuous with the caudal fin.

2. See burbot.

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eelpout

(ˈiːlˌpaʊt)

1. (Animals) any marine eel-like blennioid fish of the family Zoarcidae, such as Zoarces viviparus (viviparous eelpout or blenny)

2. (Animals) another name for burbot

[Old English ǣlepūte; related to Middle Dutch aalpuit]

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eel•pout

(ˈilˌpaʊt)

n.

1. any fish of the family Zoarcidae, esp. Zoarces viviparus, of Europe.

2. burbot.

[before 1000]

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Noun	1.	eelpout - marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas pout blennioid, blennioid fish - elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic fins family Zoarcidae, Zoarcidae - eelpouts viviparous eelpout, Zoarces viviparus - an eelpout of northern Europe that is viviparous fish doctor, Gymnelis viridis - brightly colored scaleless Arctic eelpout Macrozoarces americanus, ocean pout - common along northeastern coast of North America
	2.	eelpout - elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth burbot, Lota lota, cusk, ling codfish, cod - major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters

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[EHP 110:739-742 (2002)], the embryonic sex ratios of eelpout broods (mean [+ or -] SEM) for year 2000 were incorrect.

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5 Pomatoschistus microps (Kroyer, 1838) Family: Labridae Tautog, Tauloga onitis 5 (Linnaeus, 1758) Family: Serranidae Speckled hind, Epinephelus 5 drummondhayi Goode & Bean, 1878 Family: Zoarcidae Arctic eelpout. Lycodes 5 reticulatus Reinhardt, 1835 Order: Scorpaen!formes Family: Sebastidae Acadian redfish.

Hemoglobin Polymerization in Red Blood Cells of Marine Fishes: A Case of Adaptive Phenotypic Plasticity?

Jespersen, "Effects of nonylphenol and 17 beta-oestradiol on vitellogenin synthesis, testicular structure and cytology in male eelpout Zoarces viviparous," The Journal of Experimental Biology, vol.

Exploring the Role of Estrogens in Lizard Spermatogenesis through the Study of Clomiphene and FSH Effects

Lycodes akuugun, a new species of eelpout (Perciformes: Zoarcidae) from the Aleutian Islands.

RANGE EXTENSIONS AND NEW RECORDS FROM ALASKA AND BRITISH COLUMBIA FOR TWO SKATES, BATHYRAJA SPINOSISSIMA AND BATHYRAJA MICROTRACHYS

A new genus and species of eelpout (Teleostei: Zoarcidae) from Brazil.

Abundance and distribution of the deep-sea crab Chaceon ramosae (Decapoda: Geryonidae) in southern Brazil: contribution to the fishing regulation

In a previous study we showed that broods from the viviparous eelpout (Zoarces viviparus) were significantly male biased in 1998 in the vicinity of a large kraft pulp mill on the Swedish Baltic coast.

Male-biased sex ratios of fish embryos near a pulp mill: temporary recovery after a short-term shutdown. (Research Articles)

During the 199742000 study, the researchers studied broods of the viviparous eelpout (Zoarces viviparus), a small bottom-dwelling marine fish.

Pulp mills make more males: skewing the sex ratio in fish. (Science Selections)

0.0 0.3 0.0 0.5 Myctophid 0.0 1.2 3.5 0.0 Eelpout 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.5 Buffalo sculpin 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 Table 3 Split-sample frequency of occurrence of prey types in Steller sea lion (Eunzetopias jubatu s) scats from Southeast Alaska.

Diets of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in Southeast Alaska, 1993-1999

papilio), armorhead sculpin (Gymnocanthus galeatus), snailfishes (Liparis gibbus and Careproctus rastrinus), marbled eelpout (Lycodes raridens), and wattled eelpout (Lycodes palearis), and in outer domain species such, as shortfin eelpout (Lycodes brevipes) and sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria).

Biodiversity as an index of regime shift in the eastern Bering Sea

Other individual fish species and groups identified below the generic classification level were dominated by eelpout (Zoarcidae), ratfish, skates and rays (Raja), and greenling (Hexagrammos spp.) (Table 7).

Demersal groundfish densities in trawlable and untrawlable habitats off Washington: implications for the estimation of habitat bias in trawl surveys

The sticheid-pholid group included fish from a variety of families: three spine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus), snake prickleback (Lumpenus sagitta), high cockscomb (Anoplarchus purpurescens), wattled eelpout (Lycodes palearis), Pacific sandfish (Trichodon trichodon), and saddleback gunnel (Pholis ornata).

Improving pinniped diet analyses through identification of multiple skeletal structures in fecal samples

sculpin (unidentified) 4.33 Cryptacanthodes giganteus giant wrymouth 0.76 Lycodes palearis wattled eelpout 0.86 Eopsetta jordani petrale sole 0.97 Mallotus villosus capelin 1.47 Lycodes brevipes shortfin eelpout 0.13 Dasycottus setiger spinyhead sculpin 1.33 Aptocyclus ventricosus smooth lumpsucker 0.74 Podothecus acipenserinus sturgeon poacher 0.19 Sebastes elongatus greenstriped rockfish 0.05 Sebastes wilsoni pygmy rockfish 0.00 Myctophidae lanternfish (unidentified) 0.19 Triglops spp.

Spatial and temporal patterns in the demersal fish community on the shelf and upper slope regions of the Gulf of Alaska