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

Alepocephalidae Bonaparte, 1846

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*Bathylaconidae*		synonym
*Leptochilichthyidae*	Marshall, 1966	synonym

Children

Alepocephalus Risso, 1820
Asquamiceps Zugmayer, 1911
Bajacalifornia Townsend & Nichols, 1925
Bathylaco Goode & Bean, 1896
Bathyprion Marshall, 1966
Bathytroctes Günther, 1878
Conocara Goode & Bean, 1896
Einara Parr, 1951
Herwigia Nielsen, 1972
Leptochilichthys Garman, 1899
Leptoderma Vaillant, 1886
Mirognathus Parr, 1951
Narcetes Alcock, 1890
Photostylus Beebe, 1933
Rinoctes Parr, 1952
Rouleina Jordan, 1923
Talismania Goode & Bean, 1896
Xenodermichthys Günther, 1878

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: slickheads sources: MASDEA (1997).

Japanese: セキトリイワシ科

Literature

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	Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.
taxonomy source	Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa. 3882(1): 1-230.

Genbank

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Alepocephalidae Bonaparte, 1846. 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:125507