Murray's smooth-head (''Conocara murrayi''), also called Murray's slickhead, is a species of fish in the family

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 ...

Description

Murray's smooth-head is black in colour. It is described as "moderately elongate, deep bodied, and posteriorly compressed, with a relatively long, acute snout", with scales along its length. Its maximum length is . It has a

lateral line The lateral line, also called the lateral line organ (LLO), is a system of sensory organs found in fish, used to detect movement, vibration, and pressure gradients in the surrounding water. The sensory ability is achieved via modified epithelial ...

Habitat

Murray's smooth-head lives in the north Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico;

References

Alepocephalidae Fish described in 1927 Taxa named by Einar Laurentius Koefoed {{Rayfinned-fish-stub