Elongate smooth-head

Elongate smooth-head
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Alepocephaliformes
Family:	Alepocephalidae
Genus:	Conocara
Species:	C. microlepis
Binomial name
Conocara microlepis (Lloyd, 1909)
Synonyms [2]
Alepocephalus microlepisLloyd, 1909

The elongate smooth-head (Conocara microlepis), also called the elongate slickhead, ^[3] is a species of fish in the family Alepocephalidae. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Description

The elongate smooth-head is brownish in colour; its premaxillae form a sharp plate-like 'visor'. ^[7] Its maximum length is 27 centimetres (11 in). ^[8]

Habitat

The elongate smooth-head lives in the northeast Atlantic Ocean, Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean; ^[9] it is bathypelagic, living at depths of 1,500–2,200 m (4,900–7,200 ft) on the continental slope. ^{[7] [10]} Its specific name microlepis means "small scale." ^[11]

References

1. Nielsen, J.; Knudsen, S.; Uiblein, F. (2015). "Conocara microlepis (Europe assessment)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015: e.T18139087A44736410. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
2. Bailly, Nicolas (2008). "Conocara microlepis". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
3. "Conocara microlepis". fishesofaustralia.net.au.
4. Quéro, Jean-Claude (September 3, 2003). Guide des poissons de l'Atlantique européen. Delachaux et Niestlé. ISBN   9782603012710 – via Google Books.
5. Fischer, W.; Bianchi, Gabriella; Scott, W. B. (September 3, 1981). "FAO Species Identification Sheets for Fishery Purposes: Eastern Central Atlantic : Fishing Areas 34, 47 (in Part)". arrangement with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada – via Google Books.
6. Whitehead, Peter James Palmer (September 3, 1984). Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Unesco. ISBN   9789230023096 – via Google Books.
7. "Marine Species Identification Portal : Elongate smooth-head - Conocara microlepis". species-identification.org.
8. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Conocara microlepis". FishBase .
9. Check-list of the Fishes of the Eastern Tropical Atlantic: Clofeta. Junta Nacional de Investigação Cientifica e Tecnológica. September 3, 1990. ISBN   9789230026202 – via Google Books.
10. Australia, Atlas of Living. "Species: Conocara microlepis (Elongate Slickhead)". bie.ala.org.au.
11. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (10 March 2024). "Family ALEPOCEPHALIDAE Bonaparte 1846 (Slickheads)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 6 October 2024.