''Leptoderma ospesca'', the Eastern eel-slickhead, is a species of

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 Eastern Central Pacific Ocean. ''Leptoderma ospesca'' was described by 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, in 2016. This species reaches a length of .

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Alepocephalidae Taxa named by Carole C. Baldwin Taxa named by David Ross Robertson Fish described in 2016 Marine fish genera {{Argentiniformes-stub