Conocara

Conocara
Flathead Slickhead (Conocara nigrum)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Alepocephaliformes
Family:	Alepocephalidae
Genus:	Conocara Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896
Type species
Conocara mcdonaldi Goode & T. H. Bean, 18961
Synonyms1
Benthosphyraena Cockerell, 1919 Ericara Gill & C. H. Townsend, 1897 Whitleyidea Fowler, 1934 Xenognathus Gilbert, 1915

Conocara is a genus of deepwater marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Alepocephalidae, the smooth-heads. These fishes are found in the deeper waters of the Oceans around the world.

The generic name derives from Latin conicus ("cone-shaped") and Greek κάρα (kara, "face, head").²

There are currently ten recognized species in this genus:³

• Conocara bertelseni Sazonov, 2002
• Conocara fiolenti Sazonov & Ivanov, 1979 (Fiolenti's smooth-head)
• Conocara kreffti Sazonov, 1997 (Wrinkled slickhead)
• Conocara macropterum (Vaillant, 1888) (Longfin smooth-head)

• Conocara microlepis (Lloyd, 1909) (Elongate smooth-head)
• Conocara murrayi (Koefoed, 1927) (Murray's smooth-head)
• Conocara nigrum (Günther, 1878) (Flathead slickhead)
• Conocara paxtoni Sazonov, A. Williams & Kobyliansky, 2009
• Conocara salmoneum (T. N. Gill & C. H. Townsend, 1897) (Salmon smooth-head)
• Conocara werneri Nybelin, 1947 (Werner's smooth-head)