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Leptoderma
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Genus
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderAlepocephaliformes
- FamilyAlepocephalidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 52
- With media
- 14
- Family
- Stemonitidaceae
- Collections
- NHMUK, MNHN, NMV, USNM, UF
- Recorded in
- United Kingdom, Vanuatu, Australia, Chile, Nouvelle-Caledonie, Mauritania, Gabon, Philippines
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Alepocephalidae
- Image
- Leptoderma macrops1.jpg
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- Leptoderma
- taxon name
- Leptoderma
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- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Leptoderma
- taxon common name
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Leptoderma is a genus of slickheads found in the deep waters of the oceans.
==Species== There are currently 6 recognized species in this genus: 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) Leptoderma retropinna Fowler, 1943
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