Leptochilichthys
Sign in to saveLeptochilichthys is a genus of fishes containing four species. Leptochilichthys is the only genus in the former family Leptochilichthyidae but is now included within the broader family Alepocephalidae.
Species
オニイワシ属
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderOsmeriformes
- FamilyLeptochilichthyidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4
- Family
- Leptochilichthyidae
- Collections
- OS, YPM, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- United States, Portugal
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Leptochilichthys is a genus of fishes containing four species. Leptochilichthys is the only genus in the former family Leptochilichthyidae but is now included within the broader family Alepocephalidae.
Its name derives from the Greek λεπτός (leptos, "small"); χεῖλος (cheilos, "lip"); and ἰχθύς (ichthys, "fish").
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Leptochilichthys” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.