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Bentartia
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Bentartia

Bentartia is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Zoarcidae, the eelpouts. Some authorities treat this genus as monospecific, with the only species being Bentartia cinerea of the Southern Ocean, but other authorities include 4 species from the eastern Pacific Ocean.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species

Alaska Eelpout

speciesBentartia pusillum

Bentartia nyx

speciesBentartia nyx

Bentartia elongata

speciesBentartia elongata

Bentartia cinerea

speciesBentartia cinerea

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 86945.