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Narcetes
Sign in to saveNarcetes is a genus of slickheads. It was formally described by Alfred William Alcock in 1890. It currently contains six described species.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Narcetes is referenced by 7 other articles, and connects out to Alepocephalidae, Animalia and Chordata.
It is catalogued under topics including Alepocephalidae, Narcetes and Taxa named by Henry Weed Fowler.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderOsmeriformes
- FamilyAlepocephalidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 27
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Alepocephalidae
- Collections
- TCWC, CAS, USNM, UF, MNHN, WAM
- Recorded in
- United States, Philippines, Peru, Bahama Islands, Nouvelle-Caledonie, Nigeria, Australia, Madagascar
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Alepocephalidae
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- Narcetes
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- topic's main category
- Category:Narcetes
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Narcetes is a genus of slickheads. It was formally described by Alfred William Alcock in 1890. It currently contains six described species.
The generic name is from Greek νάρκη (narkē, "electric ray" or "numbness") and -της (tēs, forming a masculine noun meaning, from a place). ==Species== There are currently six recognized species in this genus: 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
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