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 In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...

''Taranetzella''. This eelpout is found in the North Pacific Ocean from central Japan north to the southern

Bering Sea The Bering Sea (, ; rus, Бе́рингово мо́ре, r=Béringovo móre) is a marginal sea of the Northern Pacific Ocean. It forms, along with the Bering Strait, the divide between the two largest landmasses on Earth: Eurasia and The Ameri ...

, and south along the western coast of North America as far as central Baja California in Mexico, it also occurs at Guadalupe Island.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q2071992 Lycodinae Taxa named by Anatoly Andriyashev