Narcetes stomias

Narcetes stomias, the blackhead salmon, is a species of fish in the family Alepocephalidae.

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.

Description

Narcetes stomias is blackish in colour. Its maximum length is.

Habitat

Narcetes stomias lives in the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean; it is bathypelagic or benthopelagic, living at depths of.

Reproduction

Narcetes stomias lays eggs of up to in diameter.
The trematode worm Olssonium turneri is a parasite upon it.