Leptochilichthys
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| Leptochilichthys | |
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| A Leptochilichthys seen in the abyss of the Gulf of Mexico | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Alepocephaliformes |
| Family: | Alepocephalidae |
| Genus: | Leptochilichthys Garman, 1899 |
| Type species | |
| Leptochilichthys agassizii Garman, 1899[1] | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Leptochilichthys is a genus of fishes containing four species.[2] Leptochilichthys is the only genus in the former family Leptochilichthyidae but is now included within the broader family Alepocephalidae.[3][4]
Its name derives from the Greek λεπτός (leptos, "small"); χεῖλος (cheilos, "lip"); and ἰχθύς (ichthys, "fish").[5]
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[6]
- Leptochilichthys agassizii (Garman, 1899) (Agassiz' smooth-head)
- Leptochilichthys microlepis (Machida & Shiogaki, 1988) (smallscale smooth-head)
- Leptochilichthys pinguis (Vaillant, 1886) (Vaillant's smooth-head)
