Elongate smooth-head

Elongate smooth-head
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Alepocephaliformes
Family: Alepocephalidae
Genus: Conocara
Species:
C. microlepis
Binomial name
Conocara microlepis
(Lloyd, 1909)
Synonyms[2]
  • Alepocephalus microlepis Lloyd, 1909

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

Description

The elongate smooth-head is brownish in colour; its premaxillae form a sharp plate-like 'visor'.[7] Its maximum length is 27 centimetres (11 in).[8]

Habitat

The elongate smooth-head lives in the northeast Atlantic Ocean, Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean;[9] it is bathypelagic, living at depths of 1,500–2,200 m (4,900–7,200 ft) on the continental slope.[7][10] Its specific name microlepis means "small scale."[11]

References

  1. ^ Nielsen, J.; Knudsen, S.; Uiblein, F. (2015). "Conocara microlepis (Europe assessment)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T18139087A44736410. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  2. ^ Bailly, Nicolas (2008). "Conocara microlepis". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
  3. ^ "Conocara microlepis". fishesofaustralia.net.au.
  4. ^ Quéro, Jean-Claude (September 3, 2003). Guide des poissons de l'Atlantique européen. Delachaux et Niestlé. ISBN 9782603012710 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Fischer, W.; Bianchi, Gabriella; Scott, W. B. (September 3, 1981). "FAO Species Identification Sheets for Fishery Purposes: Eastern Central Atlantic : Fishing Areas 34, 47 (in Part)". arrangement with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada – via Google Books.
  6. ^ Whitehead, Peter James Palmer (September 3, 1984). Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Unesco. ISBN 9789230023096 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ a b "Marine Species Identification Portal : Elongate smooth-head - Conocara microlepis". species-identification.org.
  8. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Conocara microlepis". FishBase.
  9. ^ Check-list of the Fishes of the Eastern Tropical Atlantic: Clofeta. Junta Nacional de Investigação Cientifica e Tecnológica. September 3, 1990. ISBN 9789230026202 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ Australia, Atlas of Living. "Species: Conocara microlepis (Elongate Slickhead)". bie.ala.org.au.
  11. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (10 March 2024). "Family ALEPOCEPHALIDAE Bonaparte 1846 (Slickheads)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 6 October 2024.


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