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Leptoderma macrops Vaillant, 1886

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Leptoderma macrops Vaillant, 1886
Name authority
Vaillant, 1886
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Alepocephaliformes
Family
Alepocephalidae
Genus
Leptoderma
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderAlepocephaliformes
  11. familyAlepocephalidae Bonaparte, 1846
  12. genusLeptoderma Vaillant, 1886
  13. speciesLeptoderma macrops Vaillant, 1886

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Leptoderma. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Leptoderma affine Alcock, 1899AlepocephalidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Leptoderma lubricum Abe, Marumo & Kawaguchi, 1965AlepocephalidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Leptoderma macrophthalmum Byrkjedal, Poulsen & Galbraith, 2011AlepocephalidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Leptoderma retropinna Fowler, 1943AlepocephalidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 79 records assigned to Alepocephalidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Leptoderma springeri Mead & Böhlke, 1953 Mead & Böhlke, 1953synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Vaillant, L. L. (1886). Considérations sur les poissons des grandes profondeurs, en particulier sur ceux qui appartiennent au sous-ordre des Abdominales. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires Des Séances de l’Académie Des Sciences, v. 103: 1237–1239. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:3TNBK. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.