Alepocephalidae

Slickheads

California slickhead, Alepocephalus tenebrosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Argentiniformes
Family:	Alepocephalidae J. Richardson, 1856
Genera
Alepocephalus Asquamiceps Aulastomatomorpha Bajacalifornia Bathylaco Bathyprion Bathytroctes Conocara Einara Herwigia Leptoderma Microphotolepis Mirognathus Narcetes Photostylus Rinoctes Rouleina Talismania Xenodermichthys

Slickheads or nakedheads are a family, Alepocephalidae, of marine smelts. They are deep-water fishes most common below 1,000 metres (3,300 ft). They get their name from the lack of scales on the head. It has nineteen genera.

References

Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). "Alepocephalidae" in FishBase. October 2013 version.
"Alepocephalidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
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

Alepocephalidae illustration from FCIT

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