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Alepocephalus
Risso, 1820
(fish)
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Alepocephalidae (Family) - slickheads
..Asquamiceps (Genus)
..Aulastomatomorpha (Genus)
..Bajacalifornia (Genus)
..Bathylaco (Genus)
..Bathyprion (Genus)
..Bathytroctes (Genus)
..Conocara (Genus)
..Einara (Genus)
..Herwigia (Genus)
..Leptochilichthys (Genus)
..Leptoderma (Genus)
..Microphotolepis (Genus)
..Mirognathus (Genus)
..Narcetes (Genus)
..Photostylus (Genus)
..Rinoctes (Genus)
..Rouleina (Genus) - Roule's smooth-head
..Talismania (Genus)
..Xenodermichthys (Genus)
..Alepocephalus (Genus)
....Alepocephalus agassizii (Species) - Agassiz' smooth-head
....Alepocephalus andersoni (Species)
....Alepocephalus antipodianus (Species)
....Alepocephalus asperifrons (Species)
....Alepocephalus australis (Species) - brown slickhead
....Alepocephalus bairdii (Species) - Baird's smooth-head
....Alepocephalus bicolor (Species)
....Alepocephalus blanfordii (Species)
....Alepocephalus dentifer (Species)
....Alepocephalus fundulus (Species)
....Alepocephalus longiceps (Species)
....Alepocephalus longirostris (Species)
....Alepocephalus melas (Species)
....Alepocephalus owstoni (Species)
....Alepocephalus planifrons (Species)
....Alepocephalus productus (Species) - smalleye smooth-head
....Alepocephalus rostratus (Species) - Risso's smooth-head
....Alepocephalus tenebrosus (Species) - California slickhead
....Alepocephalus triangularis (Species)
....Alepocephalus umbriceps (Species) - slickhead
Authorship
Original name
:
Risso, A. 1820.
Mem. R. Accad. Sci. Torino
25
: 270.
Types
Type of
:
Alepocephalidae
(Family)
Bonaparte, 1846
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 9 Apr 2025; [<16 May 2025].
[inferred]
Type of
:
Alepocephaloidei
(Suborder)
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Last updated:
28 Aug 2026