Narcetes stomias

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

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 (stomias, "hard-mouthed").

Description
Narcetes stomias is blackish in colour. Its maximum length is 57.5 cm.

Habitat
Narcetes stomias lives in the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean; it is bathypelagic or benthopelagic, living at depths of 1500 - 2300 m.

Reproduction
Narcetes stomias lays eggs of up to 4 mm in diameter.

The trematode worm Olssonium turneri (family Fellodistomidae) is a parasite upon it.