Conocara
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| Conocara | |
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| Flathead Slickhead (Conocara nigrum) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Alepocephaliformes |
| Family: | Alepocephalidae |
| Genus: | Conocara Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896 |
| Type species | |
| Conocara mcdonaldi Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896[1] | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Conocara is a genus of deepwater marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Alepocephalidae, the smooth-heads. These fishes are found in the deeper waters of the Oceans around the world.
The generic name derives from Latin conicus ("cone-shaped") and Greek κάρα (kara, "face, head").[2]
