Einara

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]

Einara
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Alepocephaliformes
Family: Alepocephalidae
Genus: Einara
A. E. Parr, 1951

The etymology of the genus name is uncertain but could refer Norwegian marine biologist Einar Koefoed.[2]

Species

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
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). Species of Einara in FishBase. February 2022 version.
  2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (23 May 2021). "Order ALEPOCEPHALIFORMES" (PDF). The ETYFish Project. Retrieved 31 March 2022.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.