Leptochilichthys
Leptochilichthys is a genus of marine smelts containing four species. Leptochilichthys is the only genus in the family Leptochilichthyidae. Some sources place this genus within the broader family Alepocephalidae.
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.