| Common name | Baird's smooth-head |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Markle, D.F. and J.-C. Quéro, 1984 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | morphology |
| 1st modifier | person (eponym) |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | 'smoothead', i.e., alludes to meaning of the Latin generic name 'Alepocephalus', i.e., head without scales: 'a', i.e., without, 'lepis', i.e., scale, 'cephalus', i.e., head (Ref. 27838). |