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").
Species There are currently ten recognized species in this genus: Conocara bertelseni Sazonov, 2002 Conocara fiolenti Sazonov & Ivanov, 1979 (Fiolenti's smooth-head) Conocara kreffti Sazonov, 1997 (Wrinkled slickhead) Conocara macropterum (Vaillant, 1888) (Longfin smooth-head)
Conocara microlepis (Lloyd, 1909) (Elongate smooth-head) Conocara murrayi (Koefoed, 1927) (Murray's smooth-head) Conocara nigrum (Günther, 1878) (Flathead slickhead) Conocara paxtoni Sazonov, A. Williams & Kobyliansky, 2009 Conocara salmoneum (T. N. Gill & C. H. Townsend, 1897) (Salmon smooth-head) Conocara werneri Nybelin, 1947 (Werner's smooth-head)
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