Salmon smooth-head

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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]

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Salmon smooth-head
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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
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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 ft 5 in).[2] It has 25–27 anal soft rays.[9]

Habitat

The salmon smooth-head lives in the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean;[10] it is bathypelagic, living at depths of 2,400–4,500 m (7,900–14,800 ft).[11]

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