Murray's smooth-head (Conocara murrayi), also called Murray's slickhead,[3] is a species of fish in the family Alepocephalidae.[4][5][6]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Alepocephaliformes |
| Family: | Alepocephalidae |
| Genus: | Conocara |
| Species: | C. murrayi
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| Binomial name | |
| Conocara murrayi (Koefoed, 1927)
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Description
editMurray's smooth-head is black in colour. It is described as "moderately elongate, deep bodied, and posteriorly compressed, with a relatively long, acute snout", with scales along its length.[7] Its maximum length is 34 centimetres (13 in).[8] It has a lateral line.[9]
Habitat
editMurray's smooth-head lives in the north Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico;[8][10]
References
edit- ^ Knudsen, S.; Nielsen, J.; Uiblein, F. (2015). "Conocara murrayi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T18139615A62510868. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T18139615A62510868.en. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ Bailly, Nicolas (2008). "Conocara murrayi (Koefoed, 1927)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ "Conocara murrayi". fishesofaustralia.net.au.
- ^ Felder, Darryl L.; Camp, David K. (June 29, 2009). Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota: Volume I, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 9781603440943 – via Google Books.
- ^ Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United (August 21, 1978). FAO Species Identification Sheets for Fishery Purposes: Western Central Atlantic (fishing Area 31). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251001929 – via Google Books.
- ^ Check-list of the Fishes of the Eastern Tropical Atlantic: Clofeta. Junta Nacional de Investigação Cientifica e Tecnológica. August 21, 1990. ISBN 9789230026202 – via Google Books.
- ^ McEachran, John; Fechhelm, Janice D. (June 17, 2013). Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, Vol. 1: Myxiniformes to Gasterosteiformes. University of Texas Press. ISBN 9780292757059 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Conocara murrayi". FishBase.
- ^ Museum, Bergens (August 21, 1932). "Report on the Scientific Results of the "Michael Sars" North Atlantic Deep-sea Expedition 1910: Carried Out Under the Auspices of the Norwegian Government and the Superintendence of Sir John Murray, K.C.B., and Dr. Johan Hjort ..." Trustees of the Bergen museum – via Google Books.
- ^ Check-list of the Fishes of the Eastern Tropical Atlantic: Clofeta. Junta Nacional de Investigação Cientifica e Tecnológica. August 21, 1990. ISBN 9789230026202 – via Google Books.
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