title: [Variation and Distribution of the Eelpout Species of the Genus Zoarces (Pisces: Zoarcidae) of the Sea of Okhotsk].
abstract: Complex molecular genetic, karyological, and comparative morphological analyses of eelpouts of the genus Zoarces from the Sea of Okhotsk were carried out. Genetic heterogeneity of Z. elongatus and the existence of a considerably diverged form probably deserving of species status was discovered. The eelpouts caught near Shantar Islands were identified as Z. fedorovi and Z. andriashevi. The new data point to a wider distribution of these species, from Western Kamchatka to the Shantar Islands.
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Radchenko
authors.forename: I N
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: Moreva
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Poezzhalova-Chegodaeva
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Petrovskaya
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005399:Fishes / Q000235:genetics*; D014644:Genetic Variation; D059785:Karyotype; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D010802:Phylogeny