Leptoderma

Leptoderma

Taxonavigation

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

Leptoderma Vaillant, 1886: 1239

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

References

• 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

English: Smooth-head Eels