Looseskin eelpout

The loosekin eelpout (Taranetzella lyoderma) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Zoarcidae, the eelpouts. It is the only species in the monospecific genus Taranetzella.^[1] This eelpout is found in the North Pacific Ocean from central Japan north to the southern Bering Sea, and south along the western coast of North America as far as central Baja California in Mexico, it also occurs at Guadalupe Island.^[2]

Looseskin eelpout
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Zoarcidae
Subfamily:	Lycodinae
Genus:	Taranetzella Andriashev, 1952
Species:	T. lyoderma
Binomial name
Taranetzella lyoderma Andriashev, 1952