''Conocara'' is a
genus
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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 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
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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
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, 1909) (Elongate smooth-head)
* ''
Conocara murrayi''
( Koefoed, 1927) (Murray's smooth-head)
* ''
Conocara nigrum''
( Günther, 1878) (Flathead slickhead)
* ''
Conocara paxtoni''
Sazonov, A. Williams
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& Kobyliansky, 2009
* ''
Conocara salmoneum''
( T. N. Gill & C. H. Townsend, 1897) (Salmon smooth-head)
* ''
Conocara werneri''
Nybelin, 1947 (Werner's smooth-head)
References
Alepocephalidae
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