Blackhead Slickhead
Narcetes stomias
Narcetes stomias, the blackhead salmon, is a species of fish in the family Alepocephalidae (slickheads).
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Description
Narcetes stomias is blackish in colour. Its maximum length is 57.5 centimetres (1.89 ft).
Range & habitat
Narcetes stomias lives in the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean; it is bathypelagic or benthopelagic, living at depths of 1,500–2,300 m (4,900–7,500 ft).
Wikipedia: “Habitat”
What it does
Narcetes stomias lays eggs of up to 4 mm (0.16 in) in diameter. The trematode worm Olssonium turneri (family Fellodistomidae) is a parasite upon it.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Reproduction”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 317526.