Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Alepocephaliformes > Family Alepocephalidae > Genus Alepocephalus

Alepocephalus bairdii Goode & Bean, 1879

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Alepocephalus*	Risso, 1820	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Baird's smoothhead; Baird's smooth-head

Literature

original description	Goode, G. B. ; Bean, T. H. (1879). Description of Alepocephalus bairdii, a new species of fish from the deep-sea fauna of the western Atlantic. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. v. 2 (no. 68): 55-57.
basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
additional source	Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002.
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase images (Alepocephalus bairdii, Canada, by Román Marcote, E.)
FishBase

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Alepocephalus bairdii Goode & Bean, 1879. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126682