Conocara

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").

Species

There are currently ten recognized species in this genus:

• Conocara bertelseni <small>Sazonov, 2002</small>
• Conocara fiolenti <small>Sazonov & Ivanov, 1979</small> (Fiolenti's smooth-head)
• Conocara kreffti <small>Sazonov, 1997</small> (Wrinkled slickhead)
• Conocara macropterum <small>(Vaillant, 1888)</small> (Longfin smooth-head)

• Conocara microlepis <small>(Lloyd, 1909)</small> (Elongate smooth-head)
• Conocara murrayi <small>(Koefoed, 1927)</small> (Murray's smooth-head)
• Conocara nigrum <small>(Günther, 1878)</small> (Flathead slickhead)
• Conocara paxtoni <small>Sazonov, A. Williams & Kobyliansky, 2009</small>
• Conocara salmoneum <small>(T. N. Gill & C. H. Townsend, 1897)</small> (Salmon smooth-head)
• Conocara werneri <small>Nybelin, 1947</small> (Werner's smooth-head)

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