Narcetes
Narcetes is a genus of slickheads. It was formally described by Alfred William Alcock in 1890. It currently contains six described species.
| Narcetes | |
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| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Class: | Actinopterygii | 
| Order: | Alepocephaliformes | 
| Family: | Alepocephalidae | 
| Genus: | Narcetes Alcock, 1890  | 
| Species | |
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 6, see text.  | |
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 (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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