Family Leptochilichthyidae - Leptochilichthyids
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  Class
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Actinopterygii
No. in FishBase
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Genera : 1 | Species : 3 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  Environment
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Fresh : No | Brackish : No | Marine : Yes
  Division
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Marine
  Aquarium
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none
  First Fossil Record
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  Remark
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Distribution: Deep-sea; eastern Atlantic, western Indian, and eastern and western Pacific Oceans. Expanded and toothless maxilla; teeth present on palate and dentary. Long and numerous gill rakers. No shoulder sac apparatus. Branchiostegal rays 13; dorsal fin rays 11-21; anal fin rays 11-18; lateral line scales 47-64; vertebrae 47-58. Maximum length 31 cm. Most common in depths below 1,000 m, but rare and poorly known.
  Etymology
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Greek, leptos = thin + Greek, cheilos = lip + Greek, ichthys = fish ( Ref. 45335).
  Reproductive guild
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nonguarders
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  Deep Fin Classification
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Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Otomorpha | Alepocephali | Alepocephaliformes | Leptochilichthyidae

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Ref.
[ e.g. 9948]
Glossary
[ e.g. cephalopods]


Species/Synonymy list for the family Leptochilichthyidae as currently in FishBase

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This list uses some data from Catalog of Fishes (not shown but used to sort names).

In the column CofF, the digit indicates the status of synchronization with CofF: 0: Not checked; 1: Same status;   2: Different status;   3: Other combination;   4: Synonym in CofF;   5: Species/Subspecies issue;   6: Synonym of another species in CofF;   7: Not in CofF;   8: Should not be in CofF. The CofF version currently used is the one published on 23-07-2014 (Ref. 97102).

The list ordered as follows:

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination CofF
acceptedseniororiginal2
! Leptochilichthys agassizi macrops Roule & Angel, 1931
synonymjuniororiginal2
synonymjuniororiginal
Leptochilichthys macrops Roule & Angel, 1933
synonymjuniorchange in rank
Anomalopterichthys pinguis (non Vaillant, 1886)
misappliedmisappliednew
Leptochilichthys pinguis (Vaillant, 1886)
acceptedseniornew
Anomalopterus pinguis Vaillant, 1886
synonymseniororiginal2
synonymseniornew
Leptochilichthys microlepis Machida & Shiogaki, 1988
acceptedseniororiginal2
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