Einara
Appearance
Einara | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Alepocephaliformes |
Family: | Alepocephalidae |
Genus: | Einara A. E. Parr, 1951 |
Einara is a small genus of slickheads found in the deep waters of the oceans. They can grow to 22 cm (8.7 in) standard length[1]
The etymology of the genus name is uncertain but could refer Norwegian marine biologist Einar Koefoed.[2]
Species
[edit]There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Einara edentula (Alcock, 1892) (toothless smooth-head)
- Einara macrolepis (Koefoed, 1927) (loosescale smooth-head)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). Species of Einara in FishBase. February 2022 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (23 May 2021). "Order ALEPOCEPHALIFORMES" (PDF). The ETYFish Project. Retrieved 31 March 2022.