Slickhead

Slickheads
California slickhead, Alepocephalus tenebrosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Alepocephaliformes
Family:	Alepocephalidae J. Richardson, 1856
Genera
Alepocephalus Asquamiceps Aulastomatomorpha Bajacalifornia Bathylaco Bathyprion Bathytroctes Conocara Einara Herwigia Leptoderma Microphotolepis Mirognathus Narcetes Photostylus Rinoctes Rouleina Talismania Xenodermichthys
Synonyms
Alepocephalini Bonaparte 1846 Leptochilichthyidae Marshall 1966 Bathyprionidae Marshall 1966 Bathypriidae Marshall 1966 Bathylaconidae Parr 1948 Aulastomatomorphinae Fowler 1934

Slickheads or nakedheads are a family, Alepocephalidae, of marine smelts. They are deep-water fishes most common below 1,000 metres (3,300 ft). They get their name from the lack of scales on the head. It has nineteen genera.

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