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Ocean Pout

Zoarces americanus

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Nova Scotia.January 309, February 263, March 378, April 475, May 787, June 685, July 1,099, August 694, September 559, October 593, November 391, December 353.
Canada13,813
Nova Scotia6,584
United States4,531
New Brunswick3,810
Quebec2,749
Maine2,105
Massachusetts1,211
New York717
Newfoundland and Labrador503
New Jersey272

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderPerches, Scorpionfishes, Sticklebacks, and Allies · Perciformes
FamilyEelpouts · Zoarcidae
GenusZoarces

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Ocean Pout with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.