| Elongate smooth-head | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Alepocephaliformes |
| Family: | Alepocephalidae |
| Genus: | Conocara |
| Species: | C. microlepis |
| Binomial name | |
| Conocara microlepis (Lloyd, 1909) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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The elongate smooth-head (Conocara microlepis), also called the elongate slickhead, [2] is a species of fish in the family Alepocephalidae. [3] [4] [5]
The elongate smooth-head is brownish in colour; its premaxillae form a sharp plate-like 'visor'. [6] Its maximum length is 27 centimetres (11 in). [7]
The elongate smooth-head lives in the northeast Atlantic Ocean, Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean; [8] it is bathypelagic, living at depths of 1,500–2,200 m (4,900–7,200 ft) on the continental slope. [6] [9] Its specific name microlepis means "small scale." [10]
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