Biology:Blackhead salmon
| Blackhead salmon | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Alepocephaliformes |
| Family: | Alepocephalidae |
| Genus: | Narcetes |
| Species: | N. stomias
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| Binomial name | |
| Narcetes stomias (Gilbert, 1890)
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The blackhead salmon (Narcetes stomias) is a species of fish in the family Alepocephalidae (slickheads).[3][4]
Classification
Despite the common name, it is not a true salmon, which are in the genus Salmo and are in the distant Salmoniformes order. Its specific name is from Greek στομίας (stomias, "hard-mouthed").[5]
Description
The blackhead salmon is blackish in colour.[6] Its maximum length is 57.5 centimetres (1.89 ft).[2]
Habitat
The blackhead salmon lives in the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean;[7] it is bathypelagic or benthopelagic, living at depths of 1,500–2,300 m (4,900–7,500 ft).[8][9]
Reproduction
The blackhead salmon lays eggs of up to 4 mm (0.16 in) in diameter.[6]
The trematode worm Olssonium turneri (family Fellodistomidae) is a parasite upon it.[10]
References
- ↑ Denmark), Jorgen Nielsen (Natural History Museum of; Denmark), Steen Wilhelm Knudsen (Natural History Museum; Franz Uiblein (Institute of Marine Research, Norway) (July 10, 2014). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Narcetes stomias". https://www.iucnredlist.org/en.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Narcetes stomias (Gilbert, 1890)". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126706.
- ↑ "Narcetes stomias". https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/4318#classification.
- ↑ "ADW: Narcetes stomias: CLASSIFICATION". https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Narcetes_stomias/classification/.
- ↑ The American Encyclopaedic Dictionary: A Thoroughly Accurate, Practical & Exhaustive Work of Reference to All the Words in the English Language ...%2C%20%22hard-mouthed%22)&f=false
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Marine Species Identification Portal : Blackhead salmon - Narcetes stomias". http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=fnam&id=1220.
- ↑ "Bureau of Fisheries Document". U.S. Government Printing Office. September 13, 1930. https://books.google.com/books?id=VuxKAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Narcetes+stomias%22&pg=PA52.
- ↑ "Narcetes stomias, Blackhead salmon". https://www.fishbase.se/summary/6963.
- ↑ Smith, Margaret M.; Heemstra, Phillip C. (December 6, 2012). Smiths' Sea Fishes. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9783642828584. https://books.google.com/books?id=FnTpCAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Narcetes+stomias%22&pg=PA221.
- ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Olssonium turneri Bray & Gibson, 1980". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=109207#attributes.
Wikidata ☰ Q2846803 entry
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