Leptochilichthys
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").
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species
Smallscale Smoothhead
speciesLeptochilichthys microlepis
Vaillant's Smoothhead
speciesLeptochilichthys pinguis
Paperjaw
speciesLeptochilichthys agassizii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 89448.