Blackhead salmon

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Blackhead salmon
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Alepocephaliformes
Family: Alepocephalidae
Genus: Narcetes
Species:
N. stomias
Binomial name
Narcetes stomias
(Gilbert, 1890)
Synonyms [2]
  • Bathytroctes stomias(Gilbert, 1890)
  • Narcetes affinis(Lloyd, 1906)
  • Narcetes pluriserialis(Garman, 1899)

The blackhead salmon (Narcetes stomias) is a species of fish in the family Alepocephalidae (slickheads). [3] [4]

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Classification

Despite the common name, it is not a true salmon, which are in the genus Salmo and are in the distant Salmoniformes order. Its specific name is from Greek στομίας (stomias, "hard-mouthed"). [5]

Description

The blackhead salmon is blackish in colour. [6] Its maximum length is 57.5 centimetres (1.89 ft). [2]

Habitat

The blackhead salmon lives in the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean; [7] it is bathypelagic or benthopelagic, living at depths of 1,500–2,300 m (4,900–7,500 ft). [8] [9]

Reproduction

The blackhead salmon lays eggs of up to 4 mm (0.16 in) in diameter. [6]

The trematode worm Olssonium turneri (family Fellodistomidae) is a parasite upon it. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ Denmark), Jorgen Nielsen (Natural History Museum of; Denmark), Steen Wilhelm Knudsen (Natural History Museum; Franz Uiblein (Institute of Marine Research, Norway) (July 10, 2014). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Narcetes stomias". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
  2. 1 2 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Narcetes stomias (Gilbert, 1890)". www.marinespecies.org.
  3. ↑ "Narcetes stomias". fishesofaustralia.net.au.
  4. ↑ "ADW: Narcetes stomias: CLASSIFICATION". animaldiversity.org.
  5. ↑ The American Encyclopaedic Dictionary: A Thoroughly Accurate, Practical & Exhaustive Work of Reference to All the Words in the English Language ... %2C%20%22hard-mouthed%22)&f=false
  6. 1 2 "Marine Species Identification Portal : Blackhead salmon - Narcetes stomias". species-identification.org.
  7. ↑ "Bureau of Fisheries Document". U.S. Government Printing Office. September 13, 1930 – via Google Books.
  8. ↑ "Narcetes stomias, Blackhead salmon". www.fishbase.se.
  9. ↑ Smith, Margaret M.; Heemstra, Phillip C. (December 6, 2012). Smiths' Sea Fishes. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN   9783642828584 – via Google Books.
  10. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Olssonium turneri Bray & Gibson, 1980". www.marinespecies.org.
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