| Narcetes | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Alepocephaliformes |
| Family: | Alepocephalidae |
| Genus: | Narcetes Alcock, 1890 |
| Species | |
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6, see text. | |
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, "stingray" or "numbness") and -της (tēs, forming a masculine noun meaning, from a place).[1]
Species
There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[2][3]
- Narcetes erimelas Alcock, 1890
- Narcetes kamoharai Okamura, 1984
- Narcetes lloydi Fowler, 1934 (Lloyd's slickhead)
- Narcetes shonanmaruae Poulsen, H. Ida, Kawato & Fujiwara, 2021 (Yokozuna slickhead)
- Narcetes stomias (C. H. Gilbert, 1890) (Blackhead salmon)
- Narcetes wonderi Herre, 1935
References
- ↑ "Narcetes stomias, Blackhead salmon". www.fishbase.se.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Narcetes in FishBase. February 2012 version.
- ↑ Fujiwara, Yoshihiro; Kawato, Masaru; Poulsen, Jan Yde; Ida, Hitoshi; Chikaraishi, Yoshito; Ohkouchi, Naohiko; Oguri, Kazumasa; Gotoh, Shinpei; Ozawa, Genki; Tanaka, Sho; Miya, Masaki (2021-01-25). "Discovery of a colossal slickhead (Alepocephaliformes: Alepocephalidae): an active-swimming top predator in the deep waters of Suruga Bay, Japan". Scientific Reports. 11 (1): 2490. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-80203-6. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 7835233. PMID 33495481.
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