Narcetes

Narcetes is a genus of slickheads. It was formally described by Alfred William Alcock in 1890. It currently contains six described species.

The generic name is from Greek νάρκη (narkē, "electric ray" or "numbness") and -της (tēs, forming a masculine noun meaning, from a place).

Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus:

• Narcetes erimelas <small>Alcock, 1890</small>
• Narcetes kamoharai <small>Okamura, 1984</small>
• Narcetes lloydi <small>Fowler, 1934</small> (Lloyd's slickhead)
• Narcetes shonanmaruae <small>Poulsen, H. Ida, Kawato & Fujiwara, 2021</small> (Yokozuna slickhead)
• Narcetes stomias <small>(C. H. Gilbert, 1890)</small> (Blackhead salmon)
• Narcetes wonderi <small>Herre, 1935</small>

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