Persimmon eelpout
Species of fish
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The persimmon eelpout (Eucryphycus californicus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, an eelpout, belonging to the family Zoarcidae. It is the only species in the monospecific genus Eucryphycus. This fish is found in the eastern central Pacific Ocean off California.
| Persimmon eelpout | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Zoarcidae |
| Subfamily: | Lycodinae |
| Genus: | Eucryphycus M. E. Anderson, 1988 |
| Species: | E. californicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Eucryphycus californicus | |
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