Elongate Slickhead
Conocara microlepis
The elongate smooth-head (Conocara microlepis), also called the elongate slickhead, is a species of fish in the family Alepocephalidae.
Its specific name microlepis means "small scale."
From the article Elongate smooth-head on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The elongate smooth-head is brownish in colour; its premaxillae form a sharp plate-like 'visor'. Its maximum length is 27 centimetres (11 in).
Range & habitat
The elongate smooth-head lives in the northeast Atlantic Ocean, Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean; it is bathypelagic, living at depths of 1,500–2,200 m (4,900–7,200 ft) on the continental slope.
== 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 529355.