Narcetes

Narcetes is a genus of slickheads. It was formally described by Alfred William Alcock in 1890. It currently contains six described species.

Narcetes
Narcetes shonanmaruae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Alepocephaliformes
Family:	Alepocephalidae
Genus:	Narcetes Alcock, 1890
Type species
Narcetes erimelas Alcock, 1890[1]
Species
6, see text.
Synonyms[1]
Alcockella Fowler, 1934 Bellocia Parr, 1951

The generic name is from Greek νάρκη (narkē, "electric ray" or "numbness") and -της (tēs, forming a masculine noun meaning, from a place).^[2]

Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus:^[3][4]

• Narcetes erimelas Alcock, 1890
• Narcetes kamoharai Okamura, 1984
• Narcetes lloydi Fowler, 1934 (Lloyd's slickhead)
• Narcetes shonanmaruae Poulsen, H. Ida, Kawato & Fujiwara, 2021 (Yokozuna slickhead)
• Narcetes stomias (C. H. Gilbert, 1890) (Blackhead salmon)
• Narcetes wonderi Herre, 1935