Alepocephalidae

Slickheads
California slickhead, Alepocephalus tenebrosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Alepocephaliformes[1]
Family: Alepocephalidae
Bonaparte, 1846
Genera
Synonyms
  • Alepocephalini Bonaparte 1846
  • Leptochilichthyidae Marshall 1966
  • Bathyprionidae Marshall 1966
  • Bathypriidae Marshall 1966
  • Bathylaconidae Parr 1948
  • Aulastomatomorphinae Fowler 1934

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.

References

  1. ↑ R. Betancur-Rodriguez, E. Wiley, N. Bailly, A. Acero, M. Miya, G. Lecointre, G. Ortí: Phylogenetic Classification of Bony Fishes – Version 4 (2016)
  • Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). "Alepocephalidae" in FishBase. October 2013 version.
  • "Alepocephalidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  • Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
  • Byrkjedal, I., Poulsen, J.Y., & Galbraith, J. (2011). "Leptodermua macrophthalmum n.sp., a new species of smooth-head (Otocephala: Alepocephalidae) from the Mid Atlantic Ridge." Zootaxa 2876: 49-56.


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