Leptoderma ospesca
Appearance
Leptoderma ospesca | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Alepocephaliformes |
Family: | Alepocephalidae |
Genus: | Leptoderma |
Species: | L. ospesca
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Binomial name | |
Leptoderma ospesca Angulo, C. C. Baldwin & D. R. Robertson, 2016
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Leptoderma ospesca, the eastern eel-slickhead, is a species of slickheads found in the Eastern Central Pacific Ocean. Leptoderma ospesca was described by Angulo, C. C. Baldwin & D. R. Robertson, in 2016.[1]
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.). "Leptoderma ospesca". FishBase. June 2013 version.