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Narcetes
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Narcetes is a genus of slickheads. It was formally described by Alfred William Alcock in 1890. It currently contains six described species.
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Narcetes | |
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Narcetes shonanmaruae | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Alepocephaliformes |
Family: | Alepocephalidae |
Genus: | Narcetes Alcock, 1890 |
Species | |
6, see text. |
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The generic name is from Greek νάρκη (narkē, "stingray" or "numbness") and -της (tēs, forming a masculine noun meaning, from a place).[1]