Cos allargat. Aletes dorsal i anal allargades i formant una aleta contínua juntament amb l'aleta caudal. Absència d'aletes pelvianes. 58-150 vèrtebres. Segons les espècies, poden presentar o no escates. Zoarces americanus n'és l'espècie amb la màxima longitud: 1,1 m.[2]
Les tres espècies del gènere Zoarces són ovovivípares, tots els altres són ovípars.[2]
Les 220 espècies d'aquesta família són marines (algunes a gran fondària).[3]
Es distribueixen des de l'Àrtic fins a l'Antàrtic.[2]
- Aiakas (Gosztonyi, 1977)[4]
- Andriashevia (Fedorov i Neyelov, 1978)[5]
- Austrolycus (Regan, 1913)[6]
- Bellingshausenia (Matallanas, 2009)[7]
- Bentartia (Matallanas, 2009)[8]
- Bilabria (Schmidt, 1936)[9]
- Bothrocara (Bean, 1890)[10]
- Bothrocarina (Suvorov, 1935)[16]
- Crossostomus (Lahille, 1908)[17]
- Dadyanos (Whitley, 1951)[21]
- Davidijordania (Popov, 1931)[22]
- Derepodichthys (Gilbert, 1896)[23]
- Dieidolycus (Anderson, 1988)[24]
- Ericandersonia (Shinohara & Shakurai, 2006)[25]
- Eucryphycus (Anderson, 1988)[26]
- Exechodontes (DeWitt, 1977)[27]
- Gosztonyia (Matallanas, 2009)[28]
- Gymnelopsis (Soldatov, 1922)[29]
- Gymnelus (Reinhardt, 1834)[31]
- Gymnelus andersoni (Chernova, 1998)
- Gymnelus barsukovi (Chernova, 1999)
- Gymnelus diporus (Chernova, 2000)
- Gymnelus esipovi (Chernova, 1999)
- Gymnelus gracilis (Chernova, 2000)
- Gymnelus hemifasciatus (Andriàixev, 1937)
- Gymnelus obscurus (Chernova, 2000)
- Gymnelus pauciporus (Anderson, 1982)
- Gymnelus platycephalus (Chernova, 1999)
- Gymnelus popovi (Taranetz & Andriàixev, 1935)
- Gymnelus retrodorsalis (Le Danois, 1913)
- Gymnelus soldatovi (Chernova, 2000)
- Gymnelus taeniatus (Chernova, 1999)
- Gymnelus viridis (Fabricius, 1780)
- Hadropareia (Schmidt, 1904)[32]
- Hadropogonichthys (Fedorov, 1982)[34]
- Iluocoetes (Jenyns, 1842)[35]
- Japonolycodes (Shinohara, Sakurai i Machida, 2002)[37]
- Krusensterniella (Schmidt, 1904)[32]
- Letholycus (Anderson, 1988)[38]
- Leucogrammolycus Mincarone & Anderson, 2008)[39]
- Lycenchelys (Gill, 1884)[40]
- Lycodapus (Gilbert, 1890)[41]
- Lycodes (Reinhardt, 1831)[42]
- Lycodichthys (Pappenheim, 1911)[43]
- Lycodonus (Goode y Bean, 1883)[44]
- Lycogrammoides (Soldatov i Lindberg, 1929)[45]
- Lyconema (Gilbert, 1896)[46]
- Lycozoarces (Popov, 1935)[47]
- Magadania (Shinohara, Nazarkin & Chereshnev, 2004)[48]
- Maynea (Cunningham, 1871)[49]
- Melanostigma (Günther, 1881)[50]
- Nalbantichthys (Schultz, 1967)[51]
- Notolycodes (Gosztonyi, 1977)[4]
- Oidiphorus (McAllister i Rees, 1964)[52]
- Opaeophacus (Bond y Stein, 1984)[53]
- Ophthalmolycus (Regan, 1913)[54]
- Pachycara (Zugmayer, 1911)[55]
- Phucocoetes (Jenyns, 1842)[35]
- Piedrabuenia (Gosztonyi, 1977)[4]
- Plesienchelys (Anderson, 1988)[38]
- Pogonolycus (Norman, 1937)[56]
- Puzanovia (Fedorov, 1975)[57]
- Pyrolycus (Machida i Hashimoto, 2002)[58]
- Santelmoa (Matallanas, 2009)[8]
- Seleniolycus (Anderson, 1988)[24]
- Taranetzella (Andriàixev, 1952)[59]
- Thermarces (Rosenblatt i Cohen, 1986)[60]
- Zoarces (Cuvier , 1829)[63][64][65]
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