''Leptoderma'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

slickhead Slickheads, also known as nakedheads or smoothheads, are deep water fishes that belong to the family Alepocephalidae. They are most commonly found in the bathypelagic layer, which is approximately 3000m below the surface. They get their name from ...

s found in the deep waters of the

ocean The ocean (also the sea or the world ocean) is the body of salt water that covers approximately 70.8% of the surface of Earth and contains 97% of Earth's water. An ocean can also refer to any of the large bodies of water into which the wo ...

Species

There are currently 6 recognized species in this genus: * ''

Leptoderma affinis ''Leptoderma affinis'', the eel slickhead, is a species of slickheads found in the Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded b ...

'' Alcock, 1899 (Eel slickhead) * ''

Leptoderma lubricum ''Leptoderma lubricum'' is a species of slickheads found in the Western Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean ...

'' T. Abe, Marumo & Kawaguchi, 1965 * ''

Leptoderma macrophthalmum ''Leptoderma macrophthalmum'' is a species of slickheads found in the Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% ...

'' Byrkjedal, J. Y. Poulsen & J. K. Galbraith, 2011 * ''

Leptoderma macrops ''Leptoderma macrops'', the grenadier smooth-head, is a species of slickheads found in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of ...

'' Vaillant, 1886 (Grenadier smooth-head) * ''

Leptoderma ospesca ''Leptoderma ospesca'', the Eastern eel-slickhead, is a species of slickheads found in the Eastern Central Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean ...

'' Angulo,

C. C. Baldwin Christopher Columbus Baldwin (May 18, 1830 – May 12, 1897) was the Naval Officer of the Port of New York from 1894 to 1897 who was prominent in New York Society during the Gilded Age. Early life Baldwin was born in 1834 at his family's estate, ...

& D. R. Robertson, 2016 (Eastern eel-slickhead)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.'' * ''

Leptoderma retropinna ''Leptoderma retropinna'' is a species of slickheads found in the Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the nor ...

'' Fowler, 1943

References

Alepocephalidae Taxa named by Léon Vaillant Marine fish genera {{Argentiniformes-stub