| Murray's smooth-head | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Alepocephaliformes |
| Family: | Alepocephalidae |
| Genus: | Conocara |
| Species: | C. murrayi |
| Binomial name | |
| Conocara murrayi (Koefoed, 1927) | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Murray's smooth-head (Conocara murrayi), also called Murray's slickhead, [3] is a species of fish in the family Alepocephalidae. [4] [5] [6]
Murray's smooth-head is black in colour. It is described as "moderately elongate, deep bodied, and posteriorly compressed, with a relatively long, acute snout", with scales along its length. [7] Its maximum length is 34 centimetres (13 in). [8] It has a lateral line. [9]
Murray's smooth-head lives in the north Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico; [8] [10]
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