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Alepocephaliformes

Slickheads
Alepocephalus tenebrosus.jpg
California slickhead, Alepocephalus tenebrosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Argentiniformes
Family: Alepocephalidae
J. Richardson, 1856
Genera

Slickheads or nakedheads are a family, Alepocephalidae, of marine smelts. They are deep-water fishes most common below 1,000 metres (3,300 ft). They get their name from the lack of scales on the head. It has nineteen genera.



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