Elongate smooth-head

The elongate smooth-head (Conocara microlepis), also called the elongate slickhead,^[3] is a species of fish in the family Alepocephalidae.^[4][5][6]

Elongate smooth-head
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Alepocephaliformes
Family:	Alepocephalidae
Genus:	Conocara
Species:	C. microlepis
Binomial name
Conocara microlepis (Lloyd, 1909)
Synonyms[2]
Alepocephalus microlepis Lloyd, 1909

Description

The elongate smooth-head is brownish in colour; its premaxillae form a sharp plate-like 'visor'.^[7] Its maximum length is 27 centimetres (11 in).^[8]

Habitat

The elongate smooth-head lives in the northeast Atlantic Ocean, Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean;^[9] it is bathypelagic, living at depths of 1,500–2,200 m (4,900–7,200 ft) on the continental slope.^[7][10] Its specific name microlepis means "small scale."^[11]