Blackhead salmon

The blackhead salmon (Narcetes stomias) is a species of fish in the family Alepocephalidae (slickheads).[3][4]

Blackhead salmon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Alepocephaliformes
Family: Alepocephalidae
Genus: Narcetes
Species:
N. stomias
Binomial name
Narcetes stomias
(Gilbert, 1890)
Synonyms[2]
  • Bathytroctes stomias (Gilbert, 1890)
  • Narcetes affinis (Lloyd, 1906)
  • Narcetes pluriserialis (Garman, 1899)

Classification

Despite the common name, it is not a true salmon, which are in the genus Salmo and are in the distant Salmoniformes order. Its specific name is from Greek στομίας (stomias, "hard-mouthed").[5]

Description

The blackhead salmon is blackish in colour.[6] Its maximum length is 57.5 centimetres (1.89 ft).[2]

Habitat

The blackhead salmon lives in the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean;[7] it is bathypelagic or benthopelagic, living at depths of 1,500–2,300 m (4,900–7,500 ft).[8][9]

Reproduction

The blackhead salmon lays eggs of up to 4 mm (0.16 in) in diameter.[6]

The trematode worm Olssonium turneri (family Fellodistomidae) is a parasite upon it.[10]

References
  1. Denmark), Jorgen Nielsen (Natural History Museum of; Denmark), Steen Wilhelm Knudsen (Natural History Museum; Franz Uiblein (Institute of Marine Research, Norway) (July 10, 2014). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Narcetes stomias". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
  2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Narcetes stomias (Gilbert, 1890)". www.marinespecies.org.
  3. "Narcetes stomias". fishesofaustralia.net.au.
  4. "ADW: Narcetes stomias: CLASSIFICATION". animaldiversity.org.
  5. The American Encyclopaedic Dictionary: A Thoroughly Accurate, Practical & Exhaustive Work of Reference to All the Words in the English Language ...%2C%20%22hard-mouthed%22)&f=false
  6. "Marine Species Identification Portal : Blackhead salmon - Narcetes stomias". species-identification.org.
  7. "Bureau of Fisheries Document". U.S. Government Printing Office. September 13, 1930 – via Google Books.
  8. "Narcetes stomias, Blackhead salmon". www.fishbase.se.
  9. Smith, Margaret M.; Heemstra, Phillip C. (December 6, 2012). Smiths' Sea Fishes. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9783642828584 – via Google Books.
  10. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Olssonium turneri Bray & Gibson, 1980". www.marinespecies.org.
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