Murray's smooth-head

Murray's smooth-head (Conocara murrayi), also called Murray's slickhead,^[3] is a species of fish in the family Alepocephalidae.^[4][5][6]

Murray's smooth-head
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Alepocephaliformes
Family:	Alepocephalidae
Genus:	Conocara
Species:	C. murrayi
Binomial name
Conocara murrayi (Koefoed, 1927)
Synonyms[2]
Alepocephalus murrayi Koefoed, 1927

Description

Murray's smooth-head is black in colour. It is described as "moderately elongate, deep bodied, and posteriorly compressed, with a relatively long, acute snout", with scales along its length.^[7] Its maximum length is 34 centimetres (13 in).^[8] It has a lateral line.^[9]

Habitat

Murray's smooth-head lives in the north Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico;^[8][10]