Leptoderma ospesca

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]

Leptoderma ospesca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Argentiniformes
Family:
Alepocephalidae
Genus:
Leptoderma
Species:
L. ospesca
Binomial name
Leptoderma ospesca
Angulo, C. C. Baldwin & D. R. Robertson, 2016

This species reaches a length of 19.7 cm (7.8 in).[2]

References
  1. 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.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Leptoderma ospesca" in FishBase. June 2013 version.


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