Alepocephalidae

Slickheads

103 species

1. 1Alepocephalus agassizii Goode & Bean, 1883 · Agassiz' slickheadocean · deep-water
2. 2Alepocephalus andersoni Fowler, 1934ocean · deep-water
3. 3Alepocephalus antipodianus (Parrott, 1948) · Antipodean slickheadocean · deep-water
4. 4Alepocephalus asperifrons Garman, 1899ocean · deep-water
5. 5Alepocephalus australis Barnard, 1923 · Small scaled brown slickheadocean · deep-water
6. 6Alepocephalus bairdii Goode & Bean, 1879 · Baird's slickheadocean · deep-water
7. 7Alepocephalus bicolor Alcock, 1891 · Bicolor slickheadocean · deep-water
8. 8Alepocephalus blanfordii Alcock, 1892ocean · deep-water
9. 9Alepocephalus dentifer Sazonov & Ivanov, 1979ocean · deep-water
10. 10Alepocephalus fundulus Garman, 1899ocean · deep-water
11. 11Alepocephalus longiceps Lloyd, 1909 · Longfin slickheadocean · deep-water
12. 12Alepocephalus longirostris Okamura & Kawanishi, 1984 · Longsnout slickheadocean · deep-water
13. 13Alepocephalus melas de Buen, 1961ocean · deep-water
14. 14Alepocephalus owstoni Tanaka, 1908 · Owston's slickheadocean · deep-water
15. 15Alepocephalus planifrons Sazonov, 1993ocean · deep-water
16. 16Alepocephalus productus Gill, 1883 · Smalleye smooth-headocean · deep-water
17. 17Alepocephalus rostratus Risso, 1820 · Risso's smooth-headocean · deep-water
18. 18Alepocephalus tenebrosus Gilbert, 1892 · California slickheadocean · deep-water
19. 19Alepocephalus triangularis Okamura & Kawanishi, 1984 · Triangulate slickheadocean · deep-water
20. 20Alepocephalus umbriceps Jordan & Thompson, 1914 · Slickheadocean · deep-water
21. 21Asquamiceps caeruleus Markle, 1980ocean · deep-water
22. 22Asquamiceps hjorti (Koefoed, 1927) · Barethroat slickheadocean · deep-water
23. 23Asquamiceps longmani Fowler, 1934ocean · temperate
24. 24Asquamiceps velaris Zugmayer, 1911 · Fanfin smooth-headocean · deep-water
25. 25Aulastomatomorpha phospherops Alcock, 1890 · Luminous slickheadocean · deep-water
26. 26Bajacalifornia aequatoris Miya & Markle, 1993ocean · deep-water
27. 27Bajacalifornia arcylepis Markle & Krefft, 1985 · Network slickheadocean · deep-water
28. 28Bajacalifornia burragei Townsend & Nichols, 1925 · Sharpchin slickheadocean · deep-water
29. 29Bajacalifornia calcarata (Weber, 1913) · Brown slickheadocean · deep-water
30. 30Bajacalifornia erimoensis Amaoka & Abe, 1977ocean · deep-water
31. 31Bajacalifornia megalops (Lütken, 1898) · Bigeye smooth-headocean · deep-water
32. 32Bajacalifornia microstoma Sazonov, 1988ocean · deep-water
33. 33Bathylaco macrophthalmus Nielsen & Larsen, 1968ocean · deep-water
34. 34Bathylaco nielseni Sazonov & Ivanov, 1980ocean · deep-water
35. 35Bathylaco nigricans Goode & Bean, 1896 · Black warriorocean · deep-water
36. 36Bathyprion danae Marshall, 1966 · Fangtooth smooth-headocean · deep-water
37. 37Bathytroctes breviceps Sazonov, 1999ocean · deep-water
38. 38Bathytroctes elegans Sazonov & Ivanov, 1979ocean · deep-water
39. 39Bathytroctes inspector Garman, 1899ocean · deep-water
40. 40Bathytroctes macrognathus Sazonov, 1999ocean · deep-water
41. 41Bathytroctes macrolepis Günther, 1887 · Koefoed's smooth-headocean · deep-water
42. 42Bathytroctes michaelsarsi Koefoed, 1927 · Michael Sars smooth-headocean · deep-water
43. 43Bathytroctes microlepis Günther, 1878 · Smallscale smooth-headocean · deep-water
44. 44Bathytroctes oligolepis (Krefft, 1970)ocean · deep-water
45. 45Bathytroctes pappenheimi (Fowler, 1934)ocean · deep-water
46. 46Bathytroctes squamosus Alcock, 1890 · Deepscale slickheadocean · deep-water
47. 47Bathytroctes zugmayeri Fowler, 1934 · Zugmayer's slickheadocean · deep-water
48. 48Conocara bertelseni Sazonov, 2002ocean · deep-water
49. 49Conocara fiolenti Sazonov & Ivanov, 1979 · Fiolenti's smooth-headocean · deep-water
50. 50Conocara kreffti Sazonov, 1997 · Wrinkled slickheadocean · deep-water
51. 51Conocara macropterum (Vaillant, 1888) · Longfin smooth-headocean · deep-water
52. 52Conocara microlepis (Lloyd, 1909) · Elongate smooth-headocean · deep-water
53. 53Conocara murrayi (Koefoed, 1927) · Murray's smooth-headocean · deep-water
54. 54Conocara nigrum (Günther, 1878) · Flathead slickheadocean · tropical
55. 55Conocara paxtoni Sazonov, Williams & Kobyliansky, 2009ocean · deep-water
56. 56Conocara salmoneum (Gill & Townsend, 1897) · Salmon smooth-headocean · deep-water
57. 57Conocara werneri Nybelin, 1947 · Werner's smooth-headocean · deep-water
58. 58Einara edentula (Alcock, 1892) · Toothless smooth-headocean · deep-water
59. 59Einara macrolepis (Koefoed, 1927) · Loosescale smooth-headocean · deep-water
60. 60Herwigia kreffti (Nielsen & Larsen, 1970) · Krefft's smooth-headocean · deep-water
61. 61Leptochilichthys agassizii Garman, 1899 · Agassiz' smooth-headocean · deep-water
62. 62Leptochilichthys microlepis Machida & Shiogaki, 1988 · Smallscale smoothheadocean · deep-water
63. 63Leptochilichthys pinguis (Vaillant, 1886) · Vaillant's smooth-headocean · deep-water
64. 64Leptoderma affine Alcock, 1899 · Eel slickheadocean · deep-water
65. 65Leptoderma lubricum Abe, Marumo & Kawaguchi, 1965ocean · deep-water
66. 66Leptoderma macrophthalmum Byrkjedal, Poulsen & Galbraith, 2011ocean · deep-water
67. 67Leptoderma macrops Vaillant, 1886 · Grenadier smooth-headocean · deep-water
68. 68Leptoderma ospesca Angulo, Baldwin & Robertson, 2016 · Eastern eel-slickheadocean · tropical
69. 69Leptoderma retropinna Fowler, 1943ocean · deep-water
70. 70Microphotolepis multipunctata Sazonov & Parin, 1977ocean · tropical
71. 71Microphotolepis schmidti (Angel & Verrier, 1931)ocean · deep-water
72. 72Mirognathus normani Parr, 1951 · Norman's smooth-headocean · deep-water
73. 73Narcetes erimelas Alcock, 1890ocean · deep-water
74. 74Narcetes kamoharai Okamura, 1984ocean · subtropical
75. 75Narcetes lloydi Fowler, 1934 · Lloyd's slickheadocean · deep-water
76. 76Narcetes shonanmaruae Poulsen, Ida, Kawato & Fujiwara, 2021 · Yokozuna Slickheadocean · deep-water
77. 77Narcetes stomias (Gilbert, 1890) · Blackhead salmonocean · deep-water
78. 78Narcetes wonderi Herre, 1935ocean · deep-water
79. 79Photostylus pycnopterus Beebe, 1933 · Starry smooth-headocean · deep-water
80. 80Rinoctes nasutus (Koefoed, 1927) · Abyssal smooth-headocean · deep-water
81. 81Rouleina attrita (Vaillant, 1888) · Softskin smooth-headocean · deep-water
82. 82Rouleina danae Parr, 1951ocean · tropical
83. 83Rouleina eucla Whitley, 1940 · Eucla slickheadocean · deep-water
84. 84Rouleina euryops Sazonov, 1999ocean · deep-water
85. 85Rouleina guentheri (Alcock, 1892) · Bordello slickheadocean · deep-water
86. 86Rouleina livida (Brauer, 1906)ocean · deep-water
87. 87Rouleina maderensis Maul, 1948 · Madeiran smooth-headocean · deep-water
88. 88Rouleina nuda (Brauer, 1906)ocean · deep-water
89. 89Rouleina squamilatera (Alcock, 1898) · Bluntsnout slickheadocean · deep-water
90. 90Rouleina watasei (Tanaka, 1909)ocean · deep-water
91. 91Talismania antillarum (Goode & Bean, 1896) · Antillean smooth-headocean · deep-water
92. 92Talismania aphos (Bussing, 1965)ocean · deep-water
93. 93Talismania bifurcata (Parr, 1951) · Threadfin slickheadocean · deep-water
94. 94Talismania brachycephala Sazonov, 1981ocean · subtropical
95. 95Talismania bussingi Sazonov, 1989ocean · deep-water
96. 96Talismania filamentosa Okamura & Kawanishi, 1984ocean · subtropical
97. 97Talismania homoptera (Vaillant, 1888) · Hairfin smooth-headocean · deep-water
98. 98Talismania kotlyari Sazonov & Ivanov, 1980ocean · subtropical
99. 99Talismania longifilis (Brauer, 1902) · Longtail slickheadocean · deep-water
100. 100Talismania mekistonema Sulak, 1975 · Threadfin smooth-headocean · deep-water
101. 101Talismania okinawensis Okamura & Kawanishi, 1984ocean · subtropical
102. 102Xenodermichthys copei (Gill, 1884) · Bluntsnout smooth-headocean · deep-water
103. 103Xenodermichthys nodulosus Günther, 1878ocean · tropical

Source: FishBase v25.04 (fishbase.org), via cboettig/fishbase, fetched 2026-10-18.