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Slickhead
Slickheads, also known as nakedheads or smoothheads, are deep water fishes that belong to the family Alepocephalidae. They are most commonly found in the bathypelagic layer, which is approximately 3000m below the surface. They get their name from the lack of scales on their heads. Similarly, the scientific name is from the Greek ᾰ̓- (''a''-, "not"); λέπος (''lepos'', "scale"); and κεφαλή (''kephalē'', "head"). It has about 22 genera with ca. 96 species. In Japanese they are known as . Description The following characteristics are generally shared by the Alepocephalidae family: Their mouths consist of 80 to 100 razor-sharp teeth, being rather small and feeble. They are shaped in an eel-like elongation, with large eyes, gill rakers that range from moderate to long and numerous, and spineless fins. The single dorsal fin is located posterior to the midpoint of the body and there is no adipose dorsal fin present, there is a pectoral fin ranging from small to rudimenta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alepocephalus Tenebrosus
''Alepocephalus'' is a genus of slickheads found in all oceans. Species There are currently 20 recognized species in this genus: * '' Alepocephalus agassizii'' Goode & T. H. Bean, 1883 (Agassiz' slickhead) * '' Alepocephalus andersoni'' Fowler, 1934 * '' Alepocephalus antipodianus'' ( Parrott, 1948) (Antipodean slickhead) * '' Alepocephalus asperifrons'' Garman, 1899 * '' Alepocephalus australis'' Barnard, 1923 (Small scaled brown slickhead) * '' Alepocephalus bairdii'' Goode & T. H. Bean, 1879 (Baird's smooth-head) * '' Alepocephalus bicolor'' Alcock, 1891 (Bicolor slickhead) * '' Alepocephalus blanfordii'' Alcock, 1892 * '' Alepocephalus dentifer'' Sazonov & Ivanov, 1979 * '' Alepocephalus fundulus'' Garman, 1899 * '' Alepocephalus longiceps'' Lloyd, 1909 (Longfin slickhead) * '' Alepocephalus longirostris'' Okamura & Kawanishi, 1984 (Longsnout slickhead) * '' Alepocephalus melas'' F. de Buen, 1961 * '' Alepocephalus owstoni'' S. Tanaka (I), 1908 (Owston's slickhe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alepocephalus
''Alepocephalus'' is a genus of slickheads found in all oceans. Species There are currently 20 recognized species in this genus: * '' Alepocephalus agassizii'' Goode & T. H. Bean, 1883 (Agassiz' slickhead) * '' Alepocephalus andersoni'' Fowler, 1934 * '' Alepocephalus antipodianus'' ( Parrott, 1948) (Antipodean slickhead) * '' Alepocephalus asperifrons'' Garman, 1899 * '' Alepocephalus australis'' Barnard, 1923 (Small scaled brown slickhead) * '' Alepocephalus bairdii'' Goode & T. H. Bean, 1879 (Baird's smooth-head) * '' Alepocephalus bicolor'' Alcock, 1891 (Bicolor slickhead) * '' Alepocephalus blanfordii'' Alcock, 1892 * '' Alepocephalus dentifer'' Sazonov & Ivanov, 1979 * '' Alepocephalus fundulus'' Garman, 1899 * '' Alepocephalus longiceps'' Lloyd, 1909 (Longfin slickhead) * '' Alepocephalus longirostris'' Okamura & Kawanishi, 1984 (Longsnout slickhead) * '' Alepocephalus melas'' F. de Buen, 1961 * '' Alepocephalus owstoni'' S. Tanaka (I), 1908 (Owston's slickhea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alepocephalidae
Slickheads, also known as nakedheads or smoothheads, are deep water fishes that belong to the family Alepocephalidae. They are most commonly found in the bathypelagic layer, which is approximately 3000m below the surface. They get their name from the lack of scales on their heads. Similarly, the scientific name is from the Greek ᾰ̓- (''a''-, "not"); λέπος (''lepos'', "scale"); and κεφαλή (''kephalē'', "head"). It has about 22 genera with ca. 96 species. In Japanese they are known as . Description The following characteristics are generally shared by the Alepocephalidae family: Their mouths consist of 80 to 100 razor-sharp teeth, being rather small and feeble. They are shaped in an eel-like elongation, with large eyes, gill rakers that range from moderate to long and numerous, and spineless fins. The single dorsal fin is located posterior to the midpoint of the body and there is no adipose dorsal fin present, there is a pectoral fin ranging from small to rudimenta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narcetes Shonanmaruae
''Narcetes shonanmaruae'', the yokozuna slickhead, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a slickhead belonging to the family Alepocephalidae. It was first formally described in 2021, the description being based on four specimens which were collected below a depth of in Suruga Bay in Japan. Its largest verified size is , however recent footage with a reference has given the fish a much larger estimated length of , however unverified. The specific name references ''Shonan Maru'', the ship the specimens were collected from. The proposed English name, yokozuna slickhead, refers to the highest ranking of sumo wrestler, the yokozuna , or , is the top division of the six divisions of professional sumo. Its size is fixed at 42 wrestlers (''rikishi''), ordered into five ranks according to their ability as defined by their performance in previous tournaments. This is the on .... References Alepocephalidae Taxa named by Jan Yde Poulsen, Taxa named by Hitoshi Ida Taxa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bajacalifornia
''Bajacalifornia'' is a genus of slickheads. It was described in 1925 by Charles Haskins Townsend and John Treadwell Nichols on the basis of ''Bajacalifornia burragei''Deep sea fishes of the ''Albatross'' Lower California Expedition. Bulletin of the AMNH ; v. 52, article 1 which was discovered in 1911 during the deep sea expedition of the research vessel USS Albatross off the coast of Todos Santos Bay at the Baja California peninsula. In 1952 Ichthyologist Albert Eide Parr published a revision of this genus. Species There are currently seven recognized species in this genus: * '' Bajacalifornia aequatoris'' Miya & Markle, 1993 * '' Bajacalifornia arcylepis'' Markle & G. Krefft, 1985 (Network slickhead) * '' Bajacalifornia burragei'' C. H. Townsend & Nichols, 1925 (Sharpchin slickhead) * '' Bajacalifornia calcarata'' ( M. C. W. Weber, 1913) (Brown slickhead) * '' Bajacalifornia erimoensis'' Amaoka & K. Abe, 1977 * '' Bajacalifornia megalops'' ( Lütken, 1898) (Bigeye s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rouleina
''Rouleina'' is a genus of slickheads. The genus is named for the ichthyologist Louis Roule. Species There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus: * '' Rouleina attrita'' ( Vaillant, 1888) (Softskin smooth-head) * '' Rouleina danae'' A. E. Parr, 1951 * '' Rouleina eucla'' Whitley, 1940 (Eucla slickhead) * '' Rouleina euryops'' Sazonov, 1999 * '' Rouleina guentheri'' ( Alcock, 1892) (Bordello slickhead) * '' Rouleina livida'' ( A. B. Brauer, 1906) * '' Rouleina maderensis'' Maul A maul may refer to any number of large hammers, including: * War hammer, a medieval weapon * Post maul, a type of sledgehammer * Spike maul, railroad hand tool * Splitting maul, heavy wood-splitting tool resembling both axe and hammer People ..., 1948 (Madeiran smooth-head) * '' Rouleina nuda'' ( A. B. Brauer, 1906) * '' Rouleina squamilatera'' ( Alcock, 1898) (Bluntsnout slickhead) * '' Rouleina watasei'' ( S. Tanaka (I), 1909) References Alepocephalidae Taxa named by Henry Wee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narcetes
''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'', "stingray" or "numbness") and -της (''tēs'', forming a masculine noun meaning, from a place). Species There are currently six recognized species in this genus: * '' Narcetes erimelas'' Alcock, 1890 * '' Narcetes kamoharai'' Okamura, 1984 * '' Narcetes lloydi'' Fowler, 1934 (Lloyd's slickhead) *''Narcetes shonanmaruae'' Poulsen, H. Ida, Kawato & Fujiwara Fujiwara (, written: 藤原 lit. "''Wisteria'' field") is a Japanese surname. (In English conversation it is likely to be rendered as .) Notable people with the surname include: ; Families * The Fujiwara clan and its members ** Fujiwara no Kamatari ..., 2021 (Yokozuna slickhead) * '' Narcetes stomias'' ( C. H. Gilbert, 1890) (Blackhead salmon) * '' Narcetes wonderi'' Herre, 1935 References Alepocephalidae {{Argent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conocara
''Conocara'' is a genus of slickheads found in the deep waters of the oceans. The generic name derives from Latin ''conicus'' ("cone-shaped") and Greek κάρα (''kara'', "face, head"). Species There are currently ten recognized species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ... in this genus: * '' Conocara bertelseni'' Sazonov, 2002 * '' Conocara fiolenti'' Sazonov & Ivanov, 1979 (Fiolenti's smooth-head) * '' Conocara kreffti'' Sazonov, 1997 (Wrinkled slickhead) * '' Conocara macropterum'' ( Vaillant, 1888) (Longfin smooth-head) * '' Conocara microlepis'' ( Lloyd, 1909) (Elongate smooth-head) * '' Conocara murrayi'' ( Koefoed, 1927) (Murray's smooth-head) * '' Conocara nigrum'' ( Günther, 1878) (Flathead slickhead) * '' Conocara paxtoni'' Sazonov, A. Williams & K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talismania (fish)
''Talismania'' is a genus of slickheads. Species There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus: * '' Talismania antillarum'' ( Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896) (Antillean smooth-head) * '' Talismania aphos'' ( W. A. Bussing, 1965) * '' Talismania bifurcata'' ( A. E. Parr, 1951) (Threadfin slickhead) * '' Talismania brachycephala'' Sazonov, 1981 * ''Talismania bussingi'' Sazonov, 1989 * '' Talismania filamentosa'' Okamura & Kawanishi, 1984 * ''Talismania homoptera'' ( Vaillant, 1888) (Hairfin smooth-head) * ''Talismania kotlyari'' Sazonov & Ivanov, 1980 * ''Talismania longifilis'' ( A. B. Brauer, 1902) (Longtail slickhead) * ''Talismania mekistonema'' Sulak, 1975 (Threadfin smooth-head) * ''Talismania okinawensis'' Okamura Okamura (written: 岡村 lit. "hill village") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: * , Japanese voice actor * , Japanese photographer * Allison Okamura, American roboticist * Arthur Okamura, American silk screen artist ... & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leptoderma
''Leptoderma'' is a genus of slickheads found in the deep waters of the oceans. Species There are currently 6 recognized species in this genus: * ''Leptoderma affinis'' Alcock, 1899 (Eel slickhead) * ''Leptoderma lubricum'' T. Abe, Marumo & Kawaguchi, 1965 * ''Leptoderma macrophthalmum'' Byrkjedal, J. Y. Poulsen & J. K. Galbraith, 2011 * ''Leptoderma macrops'' Vaillant, 1886 (Grenadier smooth-head) * ''Leptoderma ospesca'' Angulo, C. C. Baldwin & D. R. Robertson, 2016 (Eastern eel-slickhead)Angulo, A., Baldwin, C.C. & Robertson, D.R. (2016): A new species of ''Leptoderma'' Vaillant, 1886 (Osmeriformes: Alepocephalidae) from the Pacific coast of Central America. ''Zootaxa, 4066 (4): 493–500.'' * ''Leptoderma retropinna ''Leptoderma retropinna'' is a species of slickheads found in the Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the nor ...' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bathytroctes
''Bathytroctes'' is a genus of slickheads that occur in the depths of the oceans. Species There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus: * '' Bathytroctes breviceps'' Sazonov, 1999 * '' Bathytroctes elegans'' Sazonov & Ivanov, 1979 * '' Bathytroctes inspector'' Garman Garman is a surname or first name. Notable people with the name include: Sports * Ann Garman, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player * Judi Garman (born 1954), American softball coach * Mike Garman (born 1949), American baseball pla ..., 1899 * '' Bathytroctes macrognathus'' Sazonov, 1999 * '' Bathytroctes macrolepis'' Günther, 1887 (Koefoed's smooth-head) * '' Bathytroctes michaelsarsi'' Koefoed, 1927 (Michael Sars' smooth-head) * '' Bathytroctes microlepis'' Günther, 1878 (Smallscale smooth-head) * '' Bathytroctes oligolepis'' ( G. Krefft, 1970) * '' Bathytroctes pappenheimi'' ( Fowler, 1934) * '' Bathytroctes squamosus'' Alcock, 1890 (Deepscale slickhead) * '' Bathytroctes zugma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aulastomatomorpha
''Aulastomatomorpha phospherops'', the Luminous slickhead, is a species of slickhead found in the Indian and West Pacific Oceans. This species occurs on the continental slope A continental margin is the outer edge of continental crust abutting oceanic crust under coastal waters. It is one of the three major zones of the ocean floor, the other two being deep-ocean basins and mid-ocean ridges. The continental margin ...s at depths of from to . This species grows to a length of SL. This species is the only described member of the genus ''Aulastomatomorpha''. References * Alepocephalidae Monotypic fish genera Fish of the Pacific Ocean Fish of the Indian Ocean {{Argentiniformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
