The elongate smooth-head (Conocara microlepis), also called the elongate slickhead,[2] is a species of fish in the family Alepocephalidae.[3][4][5]
The elongate smooth-head is brownish in colour; its premaxillae form a sharp plate-like 'visor'.[6] Its maximum length is 27 centimetres (11 in).[7]
The elongate smooth-head lives in the northeast Atlantic Ocean, Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean;[8] it is bathypelagic, living at depths of 1,500–2,200 m (4,900–7,200 ft) on the continental slope.[6][9] Its specific name microlepis means "small scale."[10]
The elongate smooth-head (Conocara microlepis), also called the elongate slickhead, is a species of fish in the family Alepocephalidae.
