Conocara
| Conocara | |
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| Flathead Slickhead (Conocara nigrum) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Chordata
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| Genus: | Conocara Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896
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Conocara is a genus of slickheads found in the deep waters of the oceans.
The generic name derives from Latin conicus ("cone-shaped") and Greek κάρα (kara, "face, head").[1]
Species[]
There are currently ten recognized species in this genus:[2]
- , 2002
- & Ivanov, 1979 (Fiolenti's smooth-head)
- , 1997 (Wrinkled slickhead)
- Conocara macropterum (Vaillant, 1888) (Longfin smooth-head)
Longfin smooth-head, Conocara macropterum
- Conocara microlepis (, 1909) (Elongate smooth-head)
- Conocara murrayi (Koefoed, 1927) (Murray's smooth-head)
- (Günther, 1878) (Flathead slickhead)
- , & , 2009
- Conocara salmoneum (T. N. Gill & C. H. Townsend, 1897) (Salmon smooth-head)
- , 1947 (Werner's smooth-head)
References[]
- ^ "Conocara salmoneum, Salmon smooth-head". www.fishbase.se.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Conocara in FishBase. February 2012 version.
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