Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Osmeriformes

Alepocephalidae

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Alepocephalus
Asquamiceps Zugmayer, 1911
Bajacalifornia Townsend & Nichols, 1925
Bathyprion Marshall, 1966
Bathytroctes Günther, 1878
Conocara Goode & Bean, 1896
Einara Parr, 1951
Leptoderma Vaillant, 1886
Mirognathus Parr, 1951
Narcetes Alcock, 1890
Photostylus Beebe, 1933
Rinoctes Parr, 1952
Rouleina Jordan, 1923
Talismania Goode & Bean, 1896
Xenodermichthys Günther, 1878

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: slickheads

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology.

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Citation

WoRMS (2014). Alepocephalidae. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125507