''Thermarces'' is a genus of marine
ray-finned fish belonging to the
family Zoarcidae, the eelpouts. They are associated with
hydrothermal vent
A hydrothermal vent is a fissure on the seabed from which geothermally heated water discharges. They are commonly found near volcanically active places, areas where tectonic plates are moving apart at mid-ocean ridges, ocean basins, and hotspot ...
s and
cold seeps at
bathypelagic
The bathypelagic zone or bathyal zone (from Greek βαθύς (bathýs), deep) is the part of the open ocean that extends from a depth of below the ocean surface. It lies between the mesopelagic above, and the abyssopelagic below. The bathypelagic ...
depths in the East Pacific and West Atlantic Ocean.
Species
The following species are classified within the genus ''Thermarces'':
References
External links
''Thermarces''at
Encyclopedia of Life.
Lycodinae
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