Alepocephalidae

Slickheads
	California slickhead, Alepocephalus tenebrosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
(unranked):	Otocephala
Order:	Alepocephaliformes
Family:	Alepocephalidae; Bonaparte, 1846
Genera
	Alepocephalus; Asquamiceps; Aulastomatomorpha; Bajacalifornia; Bathylaco; Bathyprion; Bathytroctes; Bellocia; Conocara; Ericara; Herwigia; Leptochilichthys; Leptoderma; Microphotolepis; Mirognathus; Narcetes; Photostylus; Rinoctes; Rouleina; Talismania; Xenodermichthys;
Synonyms
	Alepocephalini Bonaparte 1846; Leptochilichthyidae Marshall 1966; Bathyprionidae Marshall 1966; Bathypriidae Marshall 1966; Bathylaconidae Parr 1948; Aulastomatomorphinae Fowler 1934;

Slickheads or nakedheads are a family, Alepocephalidae, of 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 about nineteen genera with ca. 95 species.[1] Some species bear photophores.[1] In Japanese they are known as Sekitori Iwashi (関取鰯, "Massive Sardine").[2]

References

Nelson, Joseph S., Terry C. Grande, and Mark V.H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 173–174.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Fujiwara, Yoshihiro; Kawato, Masaru; Poulsen, Jan Yde; Ida, Hitoshi; Chikaraishi, Yoshito; Ohkouchi, Naohiko; Oguri, Kazumasa; Gotoh, Shinpei; Ozawa, Genki; Tanaka, Sho; Miya, Masaki (2021-01-25). "Discovery of a colossal slickhead (Alepocephaliformes: Alepocephalidae): an active-swimming top predator in the deep waters of Suruga Bay, Japan". Scientific Reports. 11 (1): 2490. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-80203-6. ISSN 2045-2322.

R. Betancur-Rodriguez, E. Wiley, N. Bailly, A. Acero, M. Miya, G. Lecointre, G. Ortí: Phylogenetic Classification of Bony Fishes – Version 4 (2016)
Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). "Alepocephalidae" in FishBase. October 2013 version.
"Alepocephalidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
Byrkjedal, I., Poulsen, J.Y., & Galbraith, J. (2011). "Leptodermua macrophthalmum n.sp., a new species of smooth-head (Otocephala: Alepocephalidae) from the Mid Atlantic Ridge." Zootaxa 2876: 49–56.

External links

Alepocephalidae illustration from FCIT

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[:0-1] Nelson, Joseph S., Terry C. Grande, and Mark V.H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 173–174.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[2] Fujiwara, Yoshihiro; Kawato, Masaru; Poulsen, Jan Yde; Ida, Hitoshi; Chikaraishi, Yoshito; Ohkouchi, Naohiko; Oguri, Kazumasa; Gotoh, Shinpei; Ozawa, Genki; Tanaka, Sho; Miya, Masaki (2021-01-25). "Discovery of a colossal slickhead (Alepocephaliformes: Alepocephalidae): an active-swimming top predator in the deep waters of Suruga Bay, Japan". Scientific Reports. 11 (1): 2490. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-80203-6. ISSN 2045-2322.