Salmon smooth-head

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

Salmon 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. salmoneum
Binomial name
Conocara salmoneum (Gill & Townsend, 1897)
Synonyms[2]
Conocara salmonea (Gill & Townsend, 1897) Ericara salmonea Gill & Townsend, 1897 Ericara salmoneum Gill & Townsend, 1897 Xenognathus profundorum Gilbert, 1915

Description

The salmon smooth-head is brownish in colour.^[7] Its head is large, about a third of its length.^[8] Its maximum length is 73 centimetres (2 ft 5 in).^[2] It has 25–27 anal soft rays.^[9]

Habitat

The salmon smooth-head lives in the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean;^[10] it is bathypelagic, living at depths of 2,400–4,500 m (7,900–14,800 ft).^[11]