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

Alepocephalus bairdii Goode & Bean, 1879

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Alepocephalus*		accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Baird's smoothhead; Baird's smooth-head sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS);PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Baird's Smooth-head

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	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012
additional source	Fishbase
additional source	Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002.

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications)
Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
GenBank (6 nucleotides; 30 proteins)
FishBase
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Alepocephalus bairdii Goode & Bean, 1879. 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:126682