Alepocephalidae



































Slickheads

Alepocephalus tenebrosus.jpg
California slickhead, Alepocephalus tenebrosus

Scientific classification
Kingdom:

Animalia
Phylum:

Chordata
Class:

Actinopterygii
Order:

Alepocephaliformes[1]
Family:

Alepocephalidae

Bonaparte, 1846

Genera


  • Alepocephalus

  • Asquamiceps

  • Aulastomatomorpha

  • Bajacalifornia

  • Bathylaco

  • Bathyprion

  • Bathytroctes

  • Conocara

  • Einara

  • Herwigia

  • Leptoderma

  • Microphotolepis

  • Mirognathus

  • Narcetes

  • Photostylus

  • Rinoctes

  • Rouleina

  • Talismania

  • Xenodermichthys



Synonyms


  • Alepocephalini Bonaparte 1846

  • Leptochilichthyidae Marshall 1966

  • Bathyprionidae Marshall 1966

  • Bathypriidae Marshall 1966

  • Bathylaconidae Parr 1948

  • Aulastomatomorphinae Fowler 1934



Slickheads or nakedheads are a family, Alepocephalidae, of marine smelts. They are deep-water fishes most common below 1,000 metres (3,300 ft). They get their name from the lack of scales on the head. It has nineteen genera.



References





  1. ^ R. Betancur-Rodriguez, E. Wiley, N. Bailly, A. Acero, M. Miya, G. Lecointre, G. Ortí: Phylogenetic Classification of Bony Fishes – Version 4 (2016)




  • Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). "Alepocephalidae" in FishBase. October 2013 version.


  • "Alepocephalidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}

  • Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982)
    ISBN 0-00-216987-8

  • Byrkjedal, I., Poulsen, J.Y., & Galbraith, J. (2011). "Leptodermua macrophthalmum n.sp., a new species of smooth-head (Otocephala: Alepocephalidae) from the Mid Atlantic Ridge." Zootaxa 2876: 49-56.



External links


  • Alepocephalidae illustration from FCIT










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