Alepocephalidae

Slickheads or nakedheads are a family, Alepocephalidae, of marine smelts. They are deep-water fishes most common below 1,000 metres (3,300 ft). They get their name from the lack of scales on the head. It has nineteen genera.

Slickheads
California slickhead, Alepocephalus tenebrosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
(unranked):	Otocephala
Order:	Alepocephaliformes
Family:	Alepocephalidae Bonaparte, 1846
Genera
Alepocephalus Asquamiceps Aulastomatomorpha Bajacalifornia Bathylaco Bathyprion Bathytroctes Conocara Einara Herwigia Leptoderma Microphotolepis Mirognathus Narcetes Photostylus Rinoctes Rouleina Talismania Xenodermichthys
Synonyms
Alepocephalini Bonaparte 1846 Leptochilichthyidae Marshall 1966 Bathyprionidae Marshall 1966 Bathypriidae Marshall 1966 Bathylaconidae Parr 1948 Aulastomatomorphinae Fowler 1934

References

• R. Betancur-Rodriguez, E. Wiley, N. Bailly, A. Acero, M. Miya, G. Lecointre, G. Ortí: Phylogenetic Classification of Bony Fishes – Version 4 (2016)
• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). "Alepocephalidae" in FishBase. October 2013 version.
• "Alepocephalidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
• Byrkjedal, I., Poulsen, J.Y., & Galbraith, J. (2011). "Leptodermua macrophthalmum n.sp., a new species of smooth-head (Otocephala: Alepocephalidae) from the Mid Atlantic Ridge." Zootaxa 2876: 49–56.

External links

• Alepocephalidae illustration from FCIT