Salmon smooth-head | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Alepocephaliformes |
Family: | Alepocephalidae |
Genus: | Conocara |
Species: | C. salmoneum |
Binomial name | |
Conocara salmoneum | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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The salmon smooth-head (Conocara salmoneum), also called the deepsea slickhead, [3] is a species of fish in the family Alepocephalidae. [4] [5] [6]
The salmon smooth-head is brownish in colour. [7] Its head is large, about a third of its length. [8] Its maximum length is 73 centimetres (2 ft 5 in). [2] It has 25–27 anal soft rays. [9]
The salmon smooth-head lives in the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean; [10] it is bathypelagic, living at depths of 2,400–4,500 m (7,900–14,800 ft). [11]