Leptoderma ospesca
Leptoderma ospesca, the eastern eel-slickhead, is a species of slickhead found in the eastern-central Pacific Ocean.[1]
| Leptoderma ospesca | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Alepocephaliformes |
| Family: | Alepocephalidae |
| Genus: | Leptoderma |
| Species: | L. ospesca |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptoderma ospesca | |
Description
This species reaches a length of 19.7 cm (7.8 in).[2]
References
- Angulo, A., Baldwin, C.C. & Robertson, D.R. (2016): A new species of Leptoderma Vaillant, 1886 (Osmeriformes: Alepocephalidae) from the Pacific coast of Central America. Zootaxa, 4066 (4): 493–500.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Leptoderma ospesca" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
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