Narcetes stomias | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Alepocephaliformes |
Family: | Alepocephalidae |
Genus: | Narcetes |
Species: | N. stomias
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Binomial name | |
Narcetes stomias (
Gilbert, 1890)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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Narcetes stomias, the blackhead salmon, is a species of fish in the family Alepocephalidae (slickheads). [3] [4]
Despite the common name, it is not a true salmon, which are in the genus Salmo and are in the distant Salmoniformes order. Its specific name is from Greek στομίας (stomias, "hard-mouthed"). [5]
Narcetes stomias is blackish in colour. [6] Its maximum length is 57.5 centimetres (1.89 ft). [2]
Narcetes stomias lives in the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean; [7] it is bathypelagic or benthopelagic, living at depths of 1,500–2,300 m (4,900–7,500 ft). [8] [9]
Narcetes stomias lays eggs of up to 4 mm (0.16 in) in diameter. [6]
The trematode worm Olssonium turneri (family Fellodistomidae) is a parasite upon it. [10]
Narcetes stomias | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Alepocephaliformes |
Family: | Alepocephalidae |
Genus: | Narcetes |
Species: | N. stomias
|
Binomial name | |
Narcetes stomias (
Gilbert, 1890)
| |
Synonyms [2] | |
|
Narcetes stomias, the blackhead salmon, is a species of fish in the family Alepocephalidae (slickheads). [3] [4]
Despite the common name, it is not a true salmon, which are in the genus Salmo and are in the distant Salmoniformes order. Its specific name is from Greek στομίας (stomias, "hard-mouthed"). [5]
Narcetes stomias is blackish in colour. [6] Its maximum length is 57.5 centimetres (1.89 ft). [2]
Narcetes stomias lives in the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean; [7] it is bathypelagic or benthopelagic, living at depths of 1,500–2,300 m (4,900–7,500 ft). [8] [9]
Narcetes stomias lays eggs of up to 4 mm (0.16 in) in diameter. [6]
The trematode worm Olssonium turneri (family Fellodistomidae) is a parasite upon it. [10]