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Conocara
Sign in to saveConocara is a genus of deepwater marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Alepocephalidae, the smooth-heads. These fishes are found in the deeper waters of the Oceans around the world.
Species
ヤジリイワシ属
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderOsmeriformes
- FamilyAlepocephalidae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 111
- With media
- 10
- Family
- Alepocephalidae
- Collections
- NHMUK, UF, TCWC, USNM
- Recorded in
- Portugal, Virgin Islands (Usa), Bahama Islands, Western Sahara, Haiti, Jamaica, Panama, Cuba
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Alepocephalidae
- Image
- Conocara nigrum.jpg
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- Conocara
- taxon name
- Conocara
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Conocara
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Conocara is a genus of deepwater marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Alepocephalidae, the smooth-heads. These fishes are found in the deeper waters of the Oceans around the world.
The generic name derives from Latin conicus ("cone-shaped") and Greek κάρα (kara, "face, head").
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Conocara” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.