Salmon smooth-head

Salmon smooth-head
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Alepocephaliformes
Family: Alepocephalidae
Genus: Conocara
Species:
C. salmoneum
Binomial name
Conocara salmoneum
(Gill & Townsend, 1897)
Synonyms[2]
  • Conocara salmonea (Gill & Townsend, 1897)
  • Ericara salmonea Gill & Townsend, 1897
  • Ericara salmoneum Gill & Townsend, 1897
  • Xenognathus profundorum Gilbert, 1915

The salmon smooth-head (Conocara salmoneum), also called the deepsea slickhead,[3] is a species of fish in the family Alepocephalidae.[4][5][6]

Description

The salmon smooth-head is brownish in colour.[7] Its head is large, about a third of its length.[8] Its maximum length is 73 centimetres (2 ft 5 in).[2] It has 25–27 anal soft rays.[9]

Habitat

The salmon smooth-head lives in the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean;[10] it is bathypelagic, living at depths of 2,400–4,500 m (7,900–14,800 ft).[11]

References

  1. ^ Hulley, P. (2015). "Conocara salmoneum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T15148566A15148641. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T15148566A15148641.en. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  2. ^ a b Bailly, Nicolas (2008). "Conocara salmoneum (Gill & Townsend, 1897)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
  3. ^ "Resource Inventory of Marine and Estuarine Fishes of the West Coast and Alaska: A Checklist of North Pacific and Arctic Ocean Species from Baja California to the Alaska-Yukon Border". U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, National Biological Information Infrastructure. August 19, 2005 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Boletin de Ciencias Marinas". University of Miami Press. August 19, 1985 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Richards, William J. (August 8, 2005). Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes: An Identification Guide for the Western Central North Atlantic, Two Volume Set. CRC Press. ISBN 9780203500217 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ Priede, Imants G. (August 10, 2017). Deep-Sea Fishes: Biology, Diversity, Ecology and Fisheries. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781316033456 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ "Conocara salmoneum | NBN Atlas". species.nbnatlas.org.
  8. ^ "Marine Species Identification Portal : Salmon smooth-head - Conocara salmonea". species-identification.org.
  9. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Conocara salmoneum". FishBase.
  10. ^ The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. August 19, 2002. ISBN 9789251048269 – via Google Books.
  11. ^ "Conocara salmoneum". Global Biodiversity Information Facility.


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