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Species of fish From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The salmon smooth-head (Conocara salmoneum), also called the deepsea slickhead,[3] is a species of fish in the family Alepocephalidae.[4][5][6]
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 | |
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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]
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