Wrinkled Slickhead, Conocara kreffti Sazonov 1997
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Bray, D.J. 2022, Conocara kreffti in Fishes of Australia, accessed 21 Mar 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/3775
Wrinkled Slickhead, Conocara kreffti Sazonov 1997
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Distribution |
Northern Exmouth Plateau, Western Australia, and the Lord How Rise northeast of Middleton Reef, and the Norfolk Ridge south of Norfolk Island. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, Indo-west Pacific. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin 21-28; Anal fin 35-43; Pelvic fin 6-8: Branchiostegal rays 5-7: Gill rakers 0-2 + 14-17 laterally, no rakers medially on first arch; Scales in longitudinal series above lateral line usually more than 190-270, 110-160 of which are predorsal; Pyloric caeca short, 3-8; Vertebrae 55-58, caudal vertebrae 36-38. Body low (depth less than 1/5 SL), without keel-like fold of skin in front of dorsal-fin origin; antero-lateral surface of premaxillaries with horizontally directed semicircular blade-like teeth piercing the skin; palatines toothed; antorbital bone absent; procurrent caudal-fin rays extend well forward above and below caudal peduncle beyond its midlength. |
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Etymology |
The species is named in memory of Gerhard Krefft of the Institut für Seefischerei in Hamburg, Germany, for his contributions to the study of alepocephalid fishes of the Atlantic Ocean. |
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Species Citation |
Conocara kreffti Sazonov 1997, Voprosy Ikhtiologii 37(6): 785, fig.). Type locality: Southeastern Indian Ocean, East-Indian Ridge, 28°13.6'S, 98°28.6'E, depth 1150 m. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2022 |
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Wrinkled Slickhead, Conocara kreffti Sazonov 1997
References
Sazonov, Y.I. 1997. A new species of the genus Conocara (Alepocephalidae) from the Indo-Pacific. Voprosy Ikhtiologii 37(6): 785-790 [in Russian, English translation. in Journal of Ichthyology 37(9): 749–753]
Sazonov, Y.I., Williams, A. & Kobyliansky, S.G. 2009. Review of fish of the fish genus Conocara (Alepocephalidae) from the continental slope of Australia and description of a new species C. paxtoni sp. nova. Journal of Ichthyology 49(10): 852-860
Sazonov, Y.I. & Markle, D.F. 1999. Family Alepocephalidae. pp. 1888-1893 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068.
