Deepsea Slickhead
Conocara salmoneum
The salmon smooth-head (Conocara salmoneum), also called the deepsea slickhead, is a species of fish in the family Alepocephalidae.
From the article Salmon smooth-head on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The salmon smooth-head is brownish in colour. Its head is large, about a third of its length. Its maximum length is 73 centimetres (2 ft 5 in). It has 25–27 anal soft rays.
Range & habitat
The salmon smooth-head lives in the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean; it is bathypelagic, living at depths of 2,400–4,500 m (7,900–14,800 ft).
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 607943.