Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors/Superordo: Protacanthopterygii
Ordo: Argentiniformes
Subordo: Argentinoidei
Superfamilia: Alepocephaloidea
Familia: Alepocephalidae
Genus: Narcetes
Species: N. erimelas – N. lloydi – N. shonanmaruae – N. stomias
Name
Narcetes Alcock, 1890: 305
References
Primary references
Alcock, A.W. 1890. Natural history notes from H.M. Indian Marine Survey steamer 'Investigator,' Commander R.F. Hoskyn, R.N., commanding.—No. 18. On the bathybial fishes of the Arabian Sea, obtained during the season 1889–1890. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. Series 6. 6(34): 295–311. DOI: 10.1080/00222939008694038 BHL Reference page.
Narcetes is a genus of slickheads. It was formally described by Alfred William Alcock in 1890. It currently contains six described species.
The generic name is from Greek νάρκη (narkē, "stingray" or "numbness") and -της (tēs, forming a masculine noun meaning, from a place).[1]
Species
There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[2][3]
Narcetes erimelas Alcock, 1890
Narcetes kamoharai Okamura, 1984
Narcetes lloydi Fowler, 1934 (Lloyd's slickhead)
Narcetes shonanmaruae Poulsen, Ida, Kawato & Fujiwara, 2021 (Yokozuna slickhead)
Narcetes stomias (C. H. Gilbert, 1890) (Blackhead salmon)
Narcetes wonderi Herre, 1935
References
"Narcetes stomias, Blackhead salmon". www.fishbase.se.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Narcetes in FishBase. February 2012 version.
Fujiwara, Yoshihiro; Kawato, Masaru; Poulsen, Jan Yde; Ida, Hitoshi; Chikaraishi, Yoshito; Ohkouchi, Naohiko; Oguri, Kazumasa; Gotoh, Shinpei; Ozawa, Genki; Tanaka, Sho; Miya, Masaki (2021-01-25). "Discovery of a colossal slickhead (Alepocephaliformes: Alepocephalidae): an active-swimming top predator in the deep waters of Suruga Bay, Japan". Scientific Reports. 11 (1): 2490. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-80203-6. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 7835233. PMID 33495481.
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