''Conocara'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of deepwater
marine ray-finned fishes
Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class (biology), class of Osteichthyes, bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built ...
belonging to the
family
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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 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
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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
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-head)
* ''
Conocara nigrum''
( Günther, 1878) (Flathead slickhead)
* ''
Conocara paxtoni''
Sazonov, A. Williams & Kobyliansky, 2009
* ''
Conocara salmoneum''
( T. N. Gill & C. H. Townsend, 1897) (Salmon smooth-head)
* ''
Conocara werneri''
Nybelin, 1947 (Werner's smooth-head)
References
Alepocephalidae
Ray-finned fish genera
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