Alepocephalus
| Alepocephalus | |
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| California slickhead, Alepocephalus tenebrosus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Alepocephaliformes |
| Family: | Alepocephalidae |
| Genus: | Alepocephalus Risso, 1820 |
| Type species | |
| Alepocephalus rostratus Risso, 1820[1]
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Alepocephalus is a genus of slickheads found in all oceans.
Species
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There are currently 20 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- 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, 1908 (Owston's slickhead)
- Alepocephalus planifrons Sazonov, 1993
- Alepocephalus productus T. N. Gill, 1883 (Smalleye smooth-head)
- Alepocephalus rostratus A. Risso, 1820 (Risso's smooth-head)
- Alepocephalus tenebrosus C. H. Gilbert, 1892 (California slickhead)
- Alepocephalus triangularis Okamura & Kawanishi, 1984 (Triangulate slickhead)
- Alepocephalus umbriceps D. S. Jordan & W. F. Thompson, 1914 (Slickhead)
References
[edit]- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Alepocephalidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Alepocephalus". FishBase. February 2012 version.
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