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Alepocephalus

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Alepocephalus is a genus of slickheads found in all oceans.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Alepocephalus is referenced by 7 other articles, and connects out to Alepocephalidae, Animalia and Chordata.

Vinony files it under Actinopterygii genera, Alepocephalidae and Alepocephalus.

Its subject is documented across 12 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

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GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderOsmeriformes
  5. FamilyAlepocephalidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded12,946

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
222
With media
15
Family
Alepocephalidae
Collections
SIO, YPM, NHMUK, USNM, ODU, KU
Recorded in
Mexico, Peru, United States, Spain, Somalia, Madagascar, Ireland, Panama

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Alepocephalidae
Image
Alepocephalus tenebrosus.jpg
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Commons category
Alepocephalus
taxon name
Alepocephalus
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Alepocephalus
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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Species
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Alepocephalus is a genus of slickheads found in all oceans.

==Species== thumbnail|Alepocephalus sp. There are currently 20 recognized species in this genus: Alepocephalus agassizii Goode & T. H. Bean, 1883 (Agassiz' slickhead) thumb|Agassiz' slickhead, Alepocephalus agassizii Alepocephalus andersoni Fowler, 1934 Alepocephalus antipodianus (Parrott, 1948) (Antipodean slickhead) Alepocephalus asperifrons Garman, 1899 Alepocephalus australis Barnard, 1923 (Small scaled brown slickhead) Alepocephalus bairdii Goode & T. H. Bean, 1879 (Baird's smooth-head) thumb|Baird's smooth-head, Alepocephalus bairdii Alepocephalus bicolor Alcock, 1891 (Bicolor slickhead) Alepocephalus blanfordii Alcock, 1892 Alepocephalus dentifer Sazonov & Ivanov, 1979 Alepocephalus fundulus Garman, 1899 Alepocephalus longiceps Lloyd, 1909 (Longfin slickhead) Alepocephalus longirostris Okamura & Kawanishi, 1984 (Longsnout slickhead) Alepocephalus melas F. de Buen, 1961 Alepocephalus owstoni S. Tanaka, 1908 (Owston's slickhead) Alepocephalus planifrons Sazonov, 1993 thumb|Smalleye smooth-head, Alepocephalus productus Alepocephalus productus T. N. Gill, 1883 (Smalleye smooth-head) Alepocephalus rostratus A. Risso, 1820 (Risso's smooth-head) Alepocephalus tenebrosus C. H. Gilbert, 1892 (California slickhead) Alepocephalus triangularis Okamura & Kawanishi, 1984 (Triangulate slickhead) thumb|Risso's smooth-head, Alepocephalus rostratus Alepocephalus umbriceps D. S. Jordan & W. F. Thompson, 1914 (Slickhead)

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