Leptoderma

Genus of fishes

Leptoderma
Leptoderma macrops
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Alepocephaliformes
Family: Alepocephalidae
Genus: Leptoderma
Vaillant, 1886

Leptoderma is a genus of slickheads found in the deep waters of the oceans.

Species

There are currently 6 recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Leptoderma affinis Alcock, 1899 (eel slickhead)
  • Leptoderma lubricum T. Abe, Marumo & Kawaguchi, 1965
  • Leptoderma macrophthalmum Byrkjedal, J. Y. Poulsen & J. K. Galbraith, 2011
  • Leptoderma macrops Vaillant, 1886 (grenadier smooth-head)
  • Leptoderma ospesca Angulo, C. C. Baldwin & D. R. Robertson, 2016 (eastern eel-slickhead)[2]
  • Leptoderma retropinna Fowler, 1943

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2023). Species of Leptoderma in FishBase. December 2023 version.
  2. ^ Angulo, A., Baldwin, C.C. & Robertson, D.R. (2016): A new species of Leptoderma Vaillant, 1886 (Osmeriformes: Alepocephalidae) from the Pacific coast of Central America. Zootaxa, 4066 (4): 493–500.
Taxon identifiers
Leptoderma


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