Narcetes
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| Narcetes | |
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| Narcetes shonanmaruae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Alepocephaliformes |
| Family: | Alepocephalidae |
| Genus: | Narcetes Alcock, 1890 |
| Type species | |
| Narcetes erimelas Alcock, 1890[1] | |
| Species | |
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6, see text. | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Narcetes is a genus of slickheads. It was formally described by Alfred William Alcock in 1890. It currently contains six described species.
The generic name is from Greek νάρκη (narkē, "electric ray" or "numbness") and -της (tēs, forming a masculine noun meaning, from a place).[2]
