Slickheads
Alepocephalidae
Slickheads or nakedheads are a family, Alepocephalidae, of marine smelts. They are deep-water fishes most common below 1,000 metres (3,300 ft). They get their name from the lack of scales on the head. It has nineteen genera.
20 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 103 known species
Alepocephalus
genusAlepocephalus
Xenodermichthys
genusXenodermichthys
Rouleina
genusRouleina
Bajacalifornia
genusBajacalifornia
Photostylus
genusPhotostylus
Talismania
genusTalismania
Asquamiceps
genusAsquamiceps
Narcetes
genusNarcetes
Bathytroctes
genusBathytroctes
Herwigia
genusHerwigia
Bathylaco
genusBathylaco
Bathyprion
genusBathyprion
Aulastomatomorpha
genusAulastomatomorpha
Einara
genusEinara
Conocara
genusConocara
Microphotolepis
genusMicrophotolepis
Mirognathus
genusMirognathus
Leptochilichthys
genusLeptochilichthys
Leptoderma
genusLeptoderma
Rinoctes
genusRinoctes
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 85567.