Conocara paxtoni

Conocara paxtoni Sazonov, Williams & Kobyliansky, 2009

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Alepocephaliformes (Slickheads and tubeshoulders) > Alepocephalidae (Slickheads)
Etymology: Conocara: Latin, conicus = cone + Greek, kara = face (Ref. 45335); paxtoni: Named for John Paxton, who made a large contribution to the study of deep-water fauna of the World Ocean.
Eponymy: Dr John Richard Paxton (d: 1938) is an American-born Australian ichthyologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range ? - 2450 m (Ref. 84725). Deep-water

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Southwest Pacific: Tasman Sea.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 38.7 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 84725)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 20; Anal soft rays: 26; Vertebrae: 53. This species is distinguished by the following characteristics: possess a horizontally directed row of modified flattened, ellipsoid in cross section, teeth on the praemaxillare, well developed teeth on the palatinum, and more than 1 row of 'normally developed' teeth on the praemaxillaria and dentalia (near symphysis); relatively large scales on the body, approximately 110 scales in longitudinal row above the lateral line (predorsal 60); gill membrane with 7 rays; first gill slit limited above by a skin fold; epibranchiale of first gill arch with one external gill raker, the inner row of gill rakers at the first gill arch are incomplete (4 at its vertical branch, 4 at horizontal branch, and no angular rakers); vertebrae 21 + 32 = 53; pyloric caeca 5; no cariniform skin fold before dorsal fin insertion; large head, approximately 1/3 of SL; snout length almost equal to orbit diameter; interorbital space relatively narrow (smaller than snout length); upper jaw moderately short, extending slightly behind the vertical of the anterior orbit margin (Ref. 84725).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Sazonov, Y.I., A. Williams and S.G. Kobyliansky, 2009. Review of fish genus of the genus Conocara (Alepocephalidae) from the Continental slope of Australia and description of a new species C. paxtoni sp. nova. J. Ichthyol. 49(10):852-860. (Ref. 84725)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

Not Evaluated 

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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