Is Ocean pout kosher?

About Ocean pout

Elongated, eel-like fish of the Northwest Atlantic, not related to true eels but similarly disqualified by absence of scales. The ocean pout (Zoarces americanus) is an eelpout in the family Zoarcidae. It is found in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of New England and eastern Canada. The fish has antifreeze proteins in its blood, giving it the ability to survive in near-freezing waters. The ocean pout (Zoarces americanus) is an eelpout in the family Zoarcidae. It is found in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of New England and eastern Canada. The fish has antifreeze proteins in its blood, giving it the ability to survive in near-freezing waters. Taxonomy The ocean pout was first formally described in 1801 by the German naturalists Marcus Elieser Bloch and Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider with its type locality given as "American seas". It is one of six species in the genus Zoarces, the only genus in the subfamily Zoarcinae which is one of four subfamilies in the eelpout family Zoarcidae. Description The ocean pout is distinguished by its long, narrowing body and a broad mouth with thick, fleshy lips, with the upper lip extending beyond the lower. This species varies in color from yellow through to reddish brown and to grayish-green and is marked with a series of cross like markings running the length of the eel-like body. There is a dark brown line on each side of the head running from the upper rear margin of the eye to the edge of the operculum. The long, continuous dorsal fin does not connect with the caudal fin, however, the anal fin does...

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