103 Species in Family Alepocephalidae
Nominal species list for Alepocephalidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Alepocephalus agassizii Goode & Bean, 1883 Agassiz' slickhead
Alepocephalus andersoni Fowler, 1934
Alepocephalus antipodianus (Parrott, 1948) Antipodean slickhead
Alepocephalus asperifrons Garman, 1899
Alepocephalus australis Barnard, 1923 Small scaled brown slickhead
Alepocephalus bairdii Goode & Bean, 1879 Baird's slickhead
Alepocephalus bicolor Alcock, 1891 Bicolor slickhead
Alepocephalus blanfordii Alcock, 1892
Alepocephalus dentifer Sazonov & Ivanov, 1979
Alepocephalus fundulus Garman, 1899
Alepocephalus longiceps Lloyd, 1909 Longfin slickhead
Alepocephalus longirostris Okamura & Kawanishi, 1984 Longsnout slickhead
Alepocephalus melas de Buen, 1961
Alepocephalus owstoni Tanaka, 1908 Owston's slickhead
Alepocephalus planifrons Sazonov, 1993
Alepocephalus productus Gill, 1883 Smalleye smooth-head
Alepocephalus rostratus Risso, 1820 Risso's smooth-head
Alepocephalus tenebrosus Gilbert, 1892 California slickhead
Alepocephalus triangularis Okamura & Kawanishi, 1984 Triangulate slickhead
Alepocephalus umbriceps Jordan & Thompson, 1914 Slickhead
Asquamiceps caeruleus Markle, 1980
Asquamiceps hjorti (Koefoed, 1927) Barethroat slickhead
Asquamiceps longmani Fowler, 1934
Asquamiceps velaris Zugmayer, 1911 Fanfin smooth-head
Aulastomatomorpha phospherops Alcock, 1890 Luminous slickhead
Bajacalifornia aequatoris Miya & Markle, 1993
Bajacalifornia arcylepis Markle & Krefft, 1985 Network slickhead
Bajacalifornia burragei Townsend & Nichols, 1925 Sharpchin slickhead
Bajacalifornia calcarata (Weber, 1913) Brown slickhead
Bajacalifornia erimoensis Amaoka & Abe, 1977
Bajacalifornia megalops (Lütken, 1898) Bigeye smooth-head
Bajacalifornia microstoma Sazonov, 1988
Bathylaco macrophthalmus Nielsen & Larsen, 1968
Bathylaco nielseni Sazonov & Ivanov, 1980
Bathylaco nigricans Goode & Bean, 1896 Black warrior
Bathyprion danae Marshall, 1966 Fangtooth smooth-head
Bathytroctes breviceps Sazonov, 1999
Bathytroctes elegans Sazonov & Ivanov, 1979
Bathytroctes inspector Garman, 1899
Bathytroctes macrognathus Sazonov, 1999
Bathytroctes macrolepis Günther, 1887 Koefoed's smooth-head
Bathytroctes michaelsarsi Koefoed, 1927 Michael Sars smooth-head
Bathytroctes microlepis Günther, 1878 Smallscale smooth-head
Bathytroctes oligolepis (Krefft, 1970)
Bathytroctes pappenheimi (Fowler, 1934)
Bathytroctes squamosus Alcock, 1890 Deepscale slickhead
Bathytroctes zugmayeri Fowler, 1934 Zugmayer's slickhead
Conocara bertelseni Sazonov, 2002
Conocara fiolenti Sazonov & Ivanov, 1979 Fiolenti's smooth-head
Conocara kreffti Sazonov, 1997 Wrinkled slickhead
Conocara macropterum (Vaillant, 1888) Longfin smooth-head
Conocara microlepis (Lloyd, 1909) Elongate smooth-head
Conocara murrayi (Koefoed, 1927) Murray's smooth-head
Conocara nigrum (Günther, 1878) Flathead slickhead
Conocara paxtoni Sazonov, Williams & Kobyliansky, 2009
Conocara salmoneum (Gill & Townsend, 1897) Salmon smooth-head
Conocara werneri Nybelin, 1947 Werner's smooth-head
Einara edentula (Alcock, 1892) Toothless smooth-head
Einara macrolepis (Koefoed, 1927) Loosescale smooth-head
Herwigia kreffti (Nielsen & Larsen, 1970) Krefft's smooth-head
Leptochilichthys agassizii Garman, 1899 Agassiz' smooth-head
Leptochilichthys microlepis Machida & Shiogaki, 1988 Smallscale smoothhead
Leptochilichthys pinguis (Vaillant, 1886) Vaillant's smooth-head
Leptoderma affine Alcock, 1899 Eel slickhead
Leptoderma lubricum Abe, Marumo & Kawaguchi, 1965
Leptoderma macrophthalmum Byrkjedal, Poulsen & Galbraith, 2011
Leptoderma macrops Vaillant, 1886 Grenadier smooth-head
Leptoderma ospesca Angulo, Baldwin & Robertson, 2016 Eastern eel-slickhead
Leptoderma retropinna Fowler, 1943
Microphotolepis multipunctata Sazonov & Parin, 1977
Microphotolepis schmidti (Angel & Verrier, 1931)
Mirognathus normani Parr, 1951 Norman's smooth-head
Narcetes erimelas Alcock, 1890
Narcetes kamoharai Okamura, 1984
Narcetes lloydi Fowler, 1934 Lloyd's slickhead
Narcetes shonanmaruae Poulsen, Ida, Kawato & Fujiwara, 2021 Yokozuna Slickhead
Narcetes stomias (Gilbert, 1890) Blackhead salmon
Narcetes wonderi Herre, 1935
Photostylus pycnopterus Beebe, 1933 Starry smooth-head
Rinoctes nasutus (Koefoed, 1927) Abyssal smooth-head
Rouleina attrita (Vaillant, 1888) Softskin smooth-head
Rouleina danae Parr, 1951
Rouleina eucla Whitley, 1940 Eucla slickhead
Rouleina euryops Sazonov, 1999
Rouleina guentheri (Alcock, 1892) Bordello slickhead
Rouleina livida (Brauer, 1906)
Rouleina maderensis Maul, 1948 Madeiran smooth-head
Rouleina nuda (Brauer, 1906)
Rouleina squamilatera (Alcock, 1898) Bluntsnout slickhead
Rouleina watasei (Tanaka, 1909)
Talismania antillarum (Goode & Bean, 1896) Antillean smooth-head
Talismania aphos (Bussing, 1965)
Talismania bifurcata (Parr, 1951) Threadfin slickhead
Talismania brachycephala Sazonov, 1981
Talismania bussingi Sazonov, 1989
Talismania filamentosa Okamura & Kawanishi, 1984
Talismania homoptera (Vaillant, 1888) Hairfin smooth-head
Talismania kotlyari Sazonov & Ivanov, 1980
Talismania longifilis (Brauer, 1902) Longtail slickhead
Talismania mekistonema Sulak, 1975 Threadfin smooth-head
Talismania okinawensis Okamura & Kawanishi, 1984
Xenodermichthys copei (Gill, 1884) Bluntsnout smooth-head
Xenodermichthys nodulosus Günther, 1878
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