Leptoderma

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Alepocephaloidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors/Superordo: Protacanthopterygii
Ordo: Argentiniformes
Subordo: Argentinoidei
Superfamilia: Alepocephaloidea

Familia: Alepocephalidae
Genus: Leptoderma
Species: L. affinis – L. lubricum – L. macrophthalmum – L. macrops – L. ospesca – L. retropinna

Name

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Leptoderma Vaillant, 1886: 1239

Type species: Leptoderma macrops Vaillant, 1886. Type by monotypy.

References

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  • Vaillant, L.L. 1886: Considèrations sur les poissons des grandes profondeurs, en particulier sur ceux qui appartiennent au sous-ordre des Abdominales. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences, 103: 1237–1239.
  • Byrkjedal, I.; Poulsen, J.Y.; Galbraith, J. 2011: Leptoderma macrophthalmum n. sp., a new species of smooth-head (Otocephala: Alepocephalidae) from the Mid Atlantic Ridge. Zootaxa, 2876: 49–56. Preview PDF

Vernacular names

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English: Smooth-head Eels