| Leptochilichthys | |
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| A Leptochilichthys seen in the abyss of the Gulf of Mexico | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Alepocephaliformes |
| Family: | Alepocephalidae |
| Genus: | Leptochilichthys Garman, 1899 |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Anomalopterichthys | |
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]
- ^ "Leptochilichthys". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Leptochilichthyidae". FishBase. February 2012 version.
- ^ Sazonov, Y.I.; D.F. Markle. "BONY FISHES" (PDF). fao.org. pp. 1888–1893.
- ^ R. Betancur-Rodriguez, E. Wiley, N. Bailly, A. Acero, M. Miya, G. Lecointre, G. Ortí: Phylogenetic Classification of Bony Fishes – Version 4 (2016)
- ^ "Leptochilichthys agassizii, Agassiz' smooth-head". www.fishbase.se.