Narcetes stomias explained

Narcetes stomias, the blackhead salmon, is a species of fish in the family Alepocephalidae (slickheads).^{[1] [2]}

Classification

Despite the common name, it is not a true salmon, which are in the genus Salmo and are in the distant Salmoniformes order. Its specific name is from Greek στομίας (stomias, "hard-mouthed").^[3]

Description

Narcetes stomias is blackish in colour.^[4] Its maximum length is 57.5cm (22.6inches).

Habitat

Narcetes stomias lives in the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean;^[5] it is bathypelagic or benthopelagic, living at depths of .^{[6] [7]}

Reproduction

Narcetes stomias lays eggs of up to in diameter.^[4]

The trematode worm Olssonium turneri (family Fellodistomidae) is a parasite upon it.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Narcetes stomias. fishesofaustralia.net.au.
2. Web site: ADW: Narcetes stomias: CLASSIFICATION. animaldiversity.org.
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=pkV6F1UZytAC&q=stomias&pg=PA3869 The American Encyclopaedic Dictionary: A Thoroughly Accurate, Practical & Exhaustive Work of Reference to All the Words in the English Language ...
4. Web site: Marine Species Identification Portal : Blackhead salmon - Narcetes stomias. species-identification.org.
5. Web site: Bureau of Fisheries Document. September 13, 1930. U.S. Government Printing Office. Google Books.
6. Web site: Narcetes stomias, Blackhead salmon. www.fishbase.se.
7. Book: Smiths' Sea Fishes. Margaret M.. Smith. Phillip C.. Heemstra. December 6, 2012. Springer Science & Business Media. 9783642828584. Google Books.
8. Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Olssonium turneri Bray & Gibson, 1980. www.marinespecies.org.