{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Conocara nigrum.jpg | image_caption = Flathead Slickhead ''(Conocara nigrum)'' | taxon = Conocara | authority = Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896 | type_species = ''Conocara mcdonaldi'' | type_species_authority = Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896<ref name = CofF>{{Cof family|family=Alepocephalidae|access-date=23 November 2024}}</ref> | synonyms = {{Genus list | Benthosphyraena | Cockerell, 1919 | Ericara | Gill & C. H. Townsend, 1897 | Whitleyidea | Fowler, 1934 | Xenognathus | Gilbert, 1915 }} | synonyms_ref = <ref name = CofF/> }}
'''''Conocara''''' is a genus of deepwater marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Alepocephalidae, the smooth-heads. These fishes are found in the deeper waters of the Oceans around the world.
The generic name derives from Latin ''conicus'' ("cone-shaped") and Greek κάρα (''kara'', "face, head").<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fishbase.se/summary/10806|title=Conocara salmoneum, Salmon smooth-head|website=www.fishbase.se}}</ref>
==Species== There are currently ten recognized species in this genus:<ref>{{FishBase genus | genus = Conocara| month = February | year = 2012}}</ref> * ''Conocara bertelseni'' <small>Sazonov, 2002</small> * ''Conocara fiolenti'' <small>Sazonov & Ivanov, 1979</small> (Fiolenti's smooth-head) * ''Conocara kreffti'' <small>Sazonov, 1997</small> (Wrinkled slickhead) * ''Conocara macropterum'' <small>(Vaillant, 1888)</small> (Longfin smooth-head) thumb|Longfin smooth-head, ''Conocara macropterum'' * ''Conocara microlepis'' <small>(Lloyd, 1909)</small> (Elongate smooth-head) * ''Conocara murrayi'' <small>(Koefoed, 1927)</small> (Murray's smooth-head) * ''Conocara nigrum'' <small>(Günther, 1878)</small> (Flathead slickhead) * ''Conocara paxtoni'' <small>Sazonov, A. Williams & Kobyliansky, 2009</small> * ''Conocara salmoneum'' <small>(T. N. Gill & C. H. Townsend, 1897)</small> (Salmon smooth-head) * ''Conocara werneri'' <small>Nybelin, 1947</small> (Werner's smooth-head)
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Category:Alepocephalidae Category:Conocara Category:Actinopterygii genera
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