''Alepocephalus'' is a genus of

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 ...

s 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''

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, 1899 * '' Alepocephalus australis''

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, 1923 (Small scaled brown slickhead) * ''

Alepocephalus bairdii ''Alepocephalus'' is a genus of slickheads found in all oceans. Species There are currently 20 recognized species in this genus: * ''Alepocephalus agassizii'' George Brown Goode, Goode & Tarleton Hoffman Bean, T. H. Bean, 1883 (Agassiz' slickhe ...

'' Goode & T. H. Bean, 1879 (Baird's smooth-head) * '' Alepocephalus bicolor''

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, 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 ''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'' Fo ...

'' C. H. Gilbert, 1892 (California slickhead) * '' Alepocephalus triangularis'' Okamura & Kawanishi, 1984 (Triangulate slickhead) * '' Alepocephalus umbriceps''

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& W. F. Thompson, 1914 (Slickhead)

References

Alepocephalidae Ray-finned fish genera Marine fish genera Taxa named by Antoine Risso {{Argentiniformes-stub