Biology:Salmon smooth-head
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Short description: Species of fish
Salmon smooth-head | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Alepocephaliformes |
Family: | Alepocephalidae |
Genus: | Conocara |
Species: | C. salmoneum
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Binomial name | |
Conocara salmoneum (Gill & Townsend, 1897)
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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
- ↑ Museum), Percy (Butch) Hulley (South Africa (July 11, 2012). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Conocara salmoneum". https://www.iucnredlist.org/en.
- ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Conocara salmoneum (Gill & Townsend, 1897)". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126698.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Boletin de Ciencias Marinas". University of Miami Press. August 19, 1985. https://books.google.com/books?id=CfsfAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Conocara+salmoneum%22.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Conocara salmoneum | NBN Atlas". https://species.nbnatlas.org/species/NHMSYS0001745844.
- ↑ "Marine Species Identification Portal : Salmon smooth-head - Conocara salmonea". http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=fnam&id=1212.
- ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Conocara salmoneum (Gill & Townsend, 1897)". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126698#attributes.
- ↑ "Conocara salmoneum, Salmon smooth-head". https://www.fishbase.se/summary/10806.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Conocara salmoneum (Gill & Townsend, 1897)". https://www.gbif.org/species/2410765.
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