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Ronquils
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Ronquils

Bathymasteridae

Ronquils (sometimes spelt ronchils) are perciform marine fish of the small family Bathymasteridae. Found only in Arctic and North Pacific waters, the ronquil family contains just seven species in three genera. The larger species are important to commercial fisheries as food fish. Ronquils are most closely related to the eelpouts and prowfish.

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3 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 7 known species

Northern Ronquils

genusRonquilus

Rathbunella

genusRathbunella

Bathymaster

genusBathymaster

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 85629.