Einara

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Einara

Genus of fishes

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]

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


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