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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Osmeriformes
Family: Alepocephalidae Slickheads

Genus: Conocara

(See list of species below)


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10 species (see list below)

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Western Indian Ocean
 
Conocara bertelseni
[]

Photo by SFSA

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 37.2 cm SL
Conocara fiolenti Sazonov & Ivanov, 1979

Photo by SFSA
 
Conocara fiolenti
[Fiolenti's smooth-head]

Photo by Shao, K.T.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 38.6 cm SL
Conocara kreffti Sazonov, 1997

Photo by Shao, K.T.
 
Conocara kreffti
[Wrinkled slickhead]
No picture found
Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 34 cm SL
 
Conocara macropterum
[Longfin smooth-head]
No picture found
Northeast Atlantic
Max. Length 27 cm SL
 
Conocara microlepis
[Elongate smooth-head]
No picture found
Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 34 cm SL
 
Conocara murrayi
[Murray's smooth-head]
No picture found
West Pacific
 
Conocara nigrum
[Flathead slickhead]
No picture found
Southwest Pacific
Max. Length 38.7 cm SL
 
Conocara paxtoni
[]

Photo by Reiner, F.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 73 cm SL
Conocara salmoneum (Gill & Townsend, 1897)

Photo by Reiner, F.
 
Conocara salmoneum
[Salmon smooth-head]
No picture found
Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 34 cm SL
 
Conocara werneri
[Werner's smooth-head]
10 Species of Family Alepocephalidae with Genus Conocara
(Slickheads)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
2002 Conocara bertelseni Western Indian Ocean
1979 Conocara fiolenti Fiolenti's smooth-head Eastern Atlantic 37.2 SL
1997 Conocara kreffti Wrinkled slickhead Indo-Pacific 38.6 SL
1888 Conocara macropterum Longfin smooth-head Eastern Atlantic 34 SL
1909 Conocara microlepis Elongate smooth-head Northeast Atlantic 27 SL
1927 Conocara murrayi Murray's smooth-head Eastern Atlantic 34 SL
1878 Conocara nigrum Flathead slickhead West Pacific
2009 Conocara paxtoni Southwest Pacific 38.7 SL
1897 Conocara salmoneum Salmon smooth-head Eastern Atlantic 73 SL
1947 Conocara werneri Werner's smooth-head Eastern Atlantic 34 SL



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