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Narcetes lloydi Fowler, 1934

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Open encyclopedia reference

Lloyd's slickhead (Narcetes lloydi) is a species of fish in the family Alepocephalidae (slickheads). The fish is found in the Indo-West Pacific: on Indian Ocean ridges, in the Arabian Sea and the South China Sea. This species reaches a length of 50 cm (20 in).

Wikipedia contributors, Narcetes lloydi; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T23:16:58.117403+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Narcetes lloydi Fowler, 1934
Name authority
Fowler, 1934
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Alepocephaliformes
Family
Alepocephalidae
Genus
Narcetes
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderAlepocephaliformes
  11. familyAlepocephalidae Bonaparte, 1846
  12. genusNarcetes Alcock, 1890
  13. speciesNarcetes lloydi Fowler, 1934

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Narcetes. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Narcetes erimelas Alcock, 1890AlepocephalidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Narcetes kamoharai Okamura, 1984AlepocephalidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Yokozuna SlickheadNarcetes shonanmaruae Poulsen, Ida, Kawato & Fujiwara, 2021AlepocephalidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
blackhead salmonNarcetes stomias (Gilbert, 1890)AlepocephalidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Narcetes wonderi Herre, 1935AlepocephalidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 79 records assigned to Alepocephalidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Fowler, H. W. (1934). Descriptions of new fishes obtained 1907 to 1910, chiefly in the Philippine Islands and adjacent seas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, v. 85 (for 1933): 233–367. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:45P9P. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.