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Leptoscopus Gill, 1859

AphiaID

269667 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:269667)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Leptoscopidae Gill, 1859

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Species Leptoscopus macropygus (Richardson, 1846)
Species Leptoscopus angusticeps Hutton, 1874 accepted as Crapatalus angusticeps (Hutton, 1874)

Environment

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

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Leptoscopus Gill, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=269667 on 2026-07-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-15 10:18:16Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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Taxonomy

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

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