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Leptochilichthys Garman, 1899

AphiaID

125891 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125891)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Alepocephalidae Bonaparte, 1846

Synonymised names

Anomalopterichthys Whitley, 1940 · unaccepted

Anomalopterus Vaillant, 1886 · unaccepted

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Species Leptochilichthys agassizii Garman, 1899
Species Leptochilichthys microlepis Machida & Shiogaki, 1988
Species Leptochilichthys pinguis (Vaillant, 1886)
Species Leptochilichthys macrops Roule & Angel, 1933 accepted as Leptochilichthys agassizii Garman, 1899

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Garman, S. (1899). The Fishes. In: Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands ... by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," during 1891 ... No. XXVI. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 24: Text: 1-431, Atlas: Pls. 1-85 + A-N. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=1540 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Leptochilichthys Garman, 1899. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125891 on 2026-08-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2006-09-13 06:47:38Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2013-03-11 13:25:43Z

checked

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description Garman, S. (1899). The Fishes. In: Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands ... by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," during 1891 ... No. XXVI. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 24: Text: 1-431, Atlas: Pls. 1-85 + A-N. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=1540 [details]

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Other

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]