Biology:Salmon smooth-head

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Salmon smooth-head
Scientific classification edit
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 (2.40 ft).[9] It has 25–27 anal soft rays.[10]

Habitat

The salmon smooth-head lives in the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean;[11] it is bathypelagic, living at depths of 2,400–4,500 m (7,900–14,800 ft).[12]

References

  1. Museum), Percy (Butch) Hulley (South Africa (July 11, 2012). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Conocara salmoneum". https://www.iucnredlist.org/en. 
  2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Conocara salmoneum (Gill & Townsend, 1897)". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126698. 
  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. https://books.google.com/books?id=tg9FkYS27XgC&dq=%22Conocara+salmoneum%22&pg=PA235. 
  4. "Boletin de Ciencias Marinas". University of Miami Press. August 19, 1985. https://books.google.com/books?id=CfsfAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Conocara+salmoneum%22. 
  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. https://books.google.com/books?id=wH3MBQAAQBAJ&dq=%22Conocara+salmoneum%22&pg=PA2592. 
  6. Priede, Imants G. (August 10, 2017). Deep-Sea Fishes: Biology, Diversity, Ecology and Fisheries. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781316033456. https://books.google.com/books?id=fBcwDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Conocara+salmoneum%22&pg=PA169. 
  7. "Conocara salmoneum | NBN Atlas". https://species.nbnatlas.org/species/NHMSYS0001745844. 
  8. "Marine Species Identification Portal : Salmon smooth-head - Conocara salmonea". http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=fnam&id=1212. 
  9. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Conocara salmoneum (Gill & Townsend, 1897)". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126698#attributes. 
  10. "Conocara salmoneum, Salmon smooth-head". https://www.fishbase.se/summary/10806. 
  11. Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United (August 19, 2002). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251048269. https://books.google.com/books?id=x_uQfJKNzvsC&q=%22Conocara+salmoneum%22. 
  12. "Conocara salmoneum (Gill & Townsend, 1897)". https://www.gbif.org/species/2410765. 

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