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Alepocephalidae (slickheads and smoothheads)

Synonyms: Alepocephaliidae

Wikipedia Abstract

Slickheads or nakedheads are a family, Alepocephalidae, of marine smelts. They are deep-water fishes most common below 1,000 metres (3,300 ft). They get their name from the lack of scales on the head. It has nineteen genera.
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Genus

Alepocephalus (Smoothhead) (22)
Asquamiceps (Smoothhead) (5)
Aulastomatomorpha (Smoothhead) (1)
Bajacalifornia (Smoothhead) (7)
Bathylaco (3)
Bathyprion (Smoothhead) (1)
Bathytroctes (14)
Conocara (Smoothhead) (10)
Einara (Smoothhead) (2)
Herwigia (1)
Leptoderma (6)
Microphotolepis (Smoothhead) (2)
Mirognathus (Smoothhead) (1)
Narcetes (Smoothhead) (7)
Palaeotroctes (1)
Photostylus (Smoothhead) (1)
Rinoctes (1)
Rouleina (Smoothhead) (10)
Talismania (Smoothhead) (11)
Triurus (2)
Xenodermichthys (4)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0