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Conocara
''Conocara'' is a genus of deepwater marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Alepocephalidae, the smooth-heads. These fishes are found in the deeper waters of the Oceans around the world. The generic name derives from Latin ''conicus'' ("cone-shaped") and Greek κάρα (''kara'', "face, head"). Species There are currently ten recognized species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ... 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- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conocara Macropterum
The longfin smooth-head (''Conocara macropterum'') is a species of fish in the family Alepocephalidae. Description The longfin smooth-head is pale brown to black in colour; its name derives from its anal fin, which has a long base and 35–39 finrays. Its maximum length is . They grow rapidly from infancy; few juveniles of intermediate size are found. Habitat The longfin smooth-head lives in the temperate and tropical Atlantic Ocean, and in the Gulf of Mexico; it is bathypelagic, living at depths of , being most common at . Behaviour The longfin smooth-head lays large eggs, up to in diameter, and are believed to be buried in Spawn (biology)#Nonguarders, redds, similar to how the Atlantic salmon buries its eggs. A detritivore, the longfin smooth-head is recorded to ingest sediment from the seafloor, taking up with it microfauna such as foraminiferans. References Conocara Fish described in 1888 Taxa named by Léon Vaillant {{Alepocephaliformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conocara
''Conocara'' is a genus of deepwater marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Alepocephalidae, the smooth-heads. These fishes are found in the deeper waters of the Oceans around the world. The generic name derives from Latin ''conicus'' ("cone-shaped") and Greek κάρα (''kara'', "face, head"). Species There are currently ten recognized species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ... 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- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conocara Bertelseni
''Conocara'' is a genus of deepwater marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Alepocephalidae, the smooth-heads. These fishes are found in the deeper waters of the Oceans around the world. The generic name derives from Latin ''conicus'' ("cone-shaped") and Greek κάρα (''kara'', "face, head"). Species There are currently ten recognized species in this genus: * '' Conocara bertelseni'' Sazonov, 2002 * '' Conocara fiolenti'' Sazonov & Ivanov, 1979 (Fiolenti's smooth-head) * '' Conocara kreffti'' Sazonov, 1997 (Wrinkled slickhead) * ''Conocara macropterum The longfin smooth-head (''Conocara macropterum'') is a species of fish in the family Alepocephalidae. Description The longfin smooth-head is pale brown to black in colour; its name derives from its anal fin, which has a long base and 35–39 f ...'' ( Vaillant, 1888) (Longfin smooth-head) * '' Conocara microlepis'' ( Lloyd, 1909) (Elongate smooth-head) * '' Conocara murrayi'' ( Koefoed, 1927) (Murray's smooth-he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conocara Salmoneum
The salmon smooth-head (''Conocara salmoneum''), also called the deepsea slickhead, is a species of fish in the family Alepocephalidae. Description The salmon smooth-head is brownish in colour. Its head is large, about a third of its length. Its maximum length is . It has 25–27 anal soft rays. Habitat The salmon smooth-head lives in the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean; it is bathypelagic The bathypelagic zone or bathyal zone (from Greek βαθύς (bathýs), deep) is the part of the open ocean that extends from a depth of below the ocean surface. It lies between the mesopelagic above and the abyssopelagic below. The bathypela ..., living at depths of . References Conocara Fish described in 1897 Taxa named by Theodore Gill Taxa named by Charles Haskins Townsend {{Alepocephaliformes-stub ... [...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. The only known fossil genus is ''Carpathichthys'' from the Rupelian, Early Oligocene of Poland, although an undescribed species of ''Bathyprion'' and several indeterminate taxa are also known from the same formation. Fossil Otolith, otoliths are also known, dating to the Ypresian, Early Eocene. Genera Alepocephalidae contains the following extant genera: * ''Alepocephalus'' Antoine Risso, Risso, 1820 * ''Asquamiceps'' Erich Zugmayer, Zugmayer, 1911 * ''Aulastomatomorpha'' Alfred William Alcock, Alcock, 1890 * ''Baj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
