- Alepocephalidae
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Slickheads California slickhead, Alepocephalus tenebrosus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Osmeriformes Family: Alepocephalidae Genera See text.
Slickheads or nakedheads are a family, Alepocephalidae, of osmeriform fishes. They are deep-water fishes most common below 1,000 m. They get their name from the lack of scales on the head.
Species
There are about a hundred species in twenty genera:
- Genus Alepocephalus
- Agassiz' slickhead, Alepocephalus agassizii Goode & Bean, 1883.
- Alepocephalus andersoni Fowler, 1934.
- Alepocephalus antipodianus (Parrott, 1948).
- Alepocephalus asperifrons Garman, 1899.
- Small scaled brown slickhead, Alepocephalus australis Barnard, 1923.
- Baird's smooth-head, Alepocephalus bairdii Goode & Bean, 1879.
- Alepocephalus bicolor Alcock, 1891.
- Alepocephalus blanfordii Alcock, 1892.
- Alepocephalus dentifer Sazonov & Ivanov, 1979.
- Alepocephalus fundulus Garman, 1899.
- Alepocephalus longiceps Lloyd, 1909.
- Alepocephalus longirostris Okamura & Kawanishi, 1984.
- Alepocephalus melas de Buen, 1961.
- Alepocephalus owstoni Tanaka, 1908.
- Alepocephalus planifrons Sazonov, 1993.
- Smalleye smooth-head, Alepocephalus productus Gill, 1883.
- Risso's smooth-head, Alepocephalus rostratus Risso, 1820.
- California slickhead, Alepocephalus tenebrosus Gilbert, 1892.
- Alepocephalus triangularis Okamura & Kawanishi, 1984.
- Alepocephalus umbriceps Jordan & Thompson, 1914.
- Genus Asquamiceps
- Asquamiceps caeruleus Markle, 1980.
- Asquamiceps hjorti (Koefoed, 1927).
- Asquamiceps longmani Fowler, 1934.
- Fanfin smooth-head, Asquamiceps velaris Zugmayer, 1911.
- Genus Aulastomatomorpha
- Aulastomatomorpha phospherops Alcock, 1890.
- Genus Bajacalifornia
- Bajacalifornia aequatoris Miya & Markle, 1993.
- Bajacalifornia arcylepis Markle & Krefft, 1985.
- Sharpchin slickhead, Bajacalifornia burragei Townsend & Nichols, 1925.
- Brown slickhead, Bajacalifornia calcarata (Weber, 1913).
- Bajacalifornia erimoensis Amaoka & Abe, 1977.
- Bigeye smooth-head, Bajacalifornia megalops (Lütken, 1898).
- Bajacalifornia microstoma Sazonov, 1988.
- Genus Bathylaco
- Genus Bathyprion
- Fangtooth smooth-head, Bathyprion danae Marshall, 1966.
- Genus Bathytroctes
- Bathytroctes breviceps Sazonov, 1999.
- Bathytroctes elegans Sazonov & Ivanov, 1979.
- Bathytroctes inspector Garman, 1899.
- Bathytroctes macrognathus Sazonov, 1999.
- Koefoed's smooth-head, Bathytroctes macrolepis (Koefoed, 1927).
- Michael Sars smooth-head, Bathytroctes michaelsarsi Koefoed, 1927.
- Smallscale smooth-head, Bathytroctes microlepis (Lloyd, 1909).
- Bathytroctes oligolepis (Krefft, 1970).
- Bathytroctes pappenheimi (Fowler, 1934).
- Bathytroctes squamosus Alcock, 1890.
- Bathytroctes zugmayeri Fowler, 1974.
- Genus Binghamichthys
- Binghamichthys aphos Bussing, 1965.
- Genus Conocara
- Conocara bertelseni Sazonov, 2002.
- Fiolenti's smooth-head, Conocara fiolenti Sazonov & Ivanov, 1979.
- Conocara kreffti (Nielsen & Larsen, 1970).
- Longfin smooth-head, Conocara macropterum (Vaillant, 1888).
- Elongate smooth-head, Conocara microlepis (Lloyd, 1909).
- Murray's smooth-head, Conocara murrayi (Koefoed, 1927).
- Conocara nigrum (Günther, 1878).
- Salmon smooth-head, Conocara salmoneum (Gill & Townsend, 1897).
- Werner's smooth-head, Conocara werneri Nybelin, 1947.
- Genus Einara
- Toothless smooth-head, Einara edentula (Alcock, 1892).
- Loosescale smooth-head, Einara macrolepis (Koefoed, 1927).
- Genus Herwigia
- Krefft's smooth-head, Herwigia kreffti (Nielsen & Larsen, 1970).
- Genus Leptoderma
- Genus Microphotolepis
- Microphotolepis multipunctata Sazonov & Parin, 1977.
- Microphotolepis schmidti (Angel & Verrier, 1931).
- Genus Mirognathus
- Norman's smooth-head, Mirognathus normani Parr, 1951.
- Genus Narcetes
- Narcetes erimelas Alcock, 1890.
- Narcetes kamoharai Okamura, 1984.
- Narcetes lloydi Fowler, 1934.
- Blackhead salmon, Narcetes stomias (Gilbert, 1890).
- Narcetes wonderi Herre, 1934.
- Genus Photostylus
- Starry smooth-head, Photostylus pycnopterus Beebe, 1933.
- Genus Rinoctes
- Abyssal smooth-head, Rinoctes nasutus (Koefoed, 1927).
- Genus Rouleina
- Softskin smooth-head, Rouleina attrita (Vaillant, 1888).
- Rouleina danae (Marshall, 1966).
- Rouleina eucla Whitley, 1940.
- Rouleina euryops Sazonov, 1999.
- Rouleina guentheri (Alcock, 1892).
- Rouleina livida (Brauer, 1906).
- Madeiran smooth-head, Rouleina maderensis Maul, 1948.
- Rouleina nuda (Brauer, 1906).
- Bluntsnout slickhead, Rouleina squamilatera (Alcock, 1898).
- Rouleina watasei (Tanaka, 1909).
- Genus Talismania (genus)
- Antillean smooth-head, Talismania antillarum (Goode & Bean, 1896).
- Threadfin slickhead, Talismania bifurcata (Parr, 1951).
- Talismania brachycephala Sazonov, 1981.
- Talismania bussingi Sazonov, 1989.
- Talismania filamentosa Okamura & Kawanishi, 1984.
- Hairfin smooth-head, Talismania homoptera (Vaillant, 1888).
- Talismania kotlyari Sazonov & Ivanov, 1980.
- Talismania longifilis (Brauer, 1902).
- Threadfin smooth-head, Talismania mekistonema Sulak, 1975.
- Talismania okinawensis Okamura & Kawanishi, 1984.
- Genus Xenodermichthys
- Bluntsnout smooth-head, Xenodermichthys copei (Gill, 1884).
- Xenodermichthys nodulosus Günther, 1878.
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Alepocephalidae" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
- 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
Categories: - Genus Alepocephalus
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