Salmon smooth-head explained

The salmon smooth-head (Conocara salmoneum), also called the deepsea slickhead,^[1] is a species of fish in the family Alepocephalidae.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Description

The salmon smooth-head is brownish in colour.^[5] Its head is large, about a third of its length.^[6] Its maximum length is 73cm (29inches). It has 25–27 anal soft rays.

Habitat

The salmon smooth-head lives in the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean;^[7] it is bathypelagic, living at depths of .^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Resource Inventory of Marine and Estuarine Fishes of the West Coast and Alaska: A Checklist of North Pacific and Arctic Ocean Species from Baja California to the Alaska-Yukon Border. August 19, 2005. U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, National Biological Information Infrastructure. Google Books.
2. Web site: Boletin de Ciencias Marinas. August 19, 1985. University of Miami Press. Google Books.
3. Book: Richards, William J.. Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes: An Identification Guide for the Western Central North Atlantic, Two Volume Set. August 8, 2005. CRC Press. 9780203500217. Google Books.
4. Book: Priede, Imants G.. Deep-Sea Fishes: Biology, Diversity, Ecology and Fisheries. August 10, 2017. Cambridge University Press. 9781316033456. Google Books.
5. Web site: Conocara salmoneum NBN Atlas. species.nbnatlas.org.
6. Web site: Marine Species Identification Portal : Salmon smooth-head - Conocara salmonea. species-identification.org.
7. Book: The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. August 19, 2002. 9789251048269. Google Books.
8. 2410765. Conocara salmoneum.