Author: Garman, 1899

Leptochilichthys agassizii Garman, 1899

Diagnosis: body somewhat elongate and compressed, head large, morethan 1 1/3 body length. Eye smaller than snout, in front half of head. Upper jaw membranous, without teeth, more than half length of head; gillrakers 9-11 + 1 + 15-20. Dorsal fin well behind midpoint of body, with 11-15 finrays; pectoral fins with 8-10 finrays; pelvic fins behind mid-
point of body, with 8-11 finrays; anal fin behind dorsal fin base with 11-13 finrays. Scales relatively large, 47-52 in lateral line. Colour: brownish. Size: to 30.8 cm.

Habitat: bathypelagic at 2,000-3,100 m. Food: no data. Reproduction: ovarian eggs extremely large, to 8.5 mm in diameter.

Distribution: several eastern Atlantic records between 14° 11' N and 50° 08' N. Elsewhere, off Senegal and in the eastern Pacific, from the equator to 38° 24' N.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Clupeiformes
Family Leptochilichthyidae
Genus Leptochilichthys
Species Leptochilichthys agassizii

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Leptochilichthys agassizii Garman, 1899

Scientific synonyms and common names

Leptochilichthys agassizii Garman, 1899

Synonyms:

Leptochilichthys agassizii macrops Roule & Angel, 1931
Leptochilichthys macrops of Clofnam.

Common names:

Agassiz' smooth-head [En]

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Markle, D. F. 1976. Preliminary studies on the systematics of deep-sea Alepocephaloidea (Pisces: Salmoniformes). A dissertation presented to the Faculty of the School of Marine Science. The College of William and Mary in Virginia. 225 pp., 41 fig. (not published).

Roule, L.; Angel, F. 1931. Observations et rectifications concernant divers poissons recueillis par S.A.S. Ie Prince Albert I de Monaco au cours des campagnes de 1911 a 1914. Bull. Inst. océanogr., Monaco (581): 1-8.

Roule, L.; Angel, F. 1933. Poissons provenant des campagnes du Prince Albert I de Monaco. Résult. Camp. scient. Prince Albert 1, 86: pp. 1-115.

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