• Leptoderma 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'Academie des Sciences. Série D. Sciences Naturelles 103: 1237-1239 [1239].

  Type species:

   Leptoderma macrops Vaillant, 1886 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Temperate, east-Indo-west Pacific.

IMCRA

Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8)

History of changes

• Leptoderma affinis Alcock, A.W. 1899. A Descriptive Catalogue of Indian Marine Deep-sea Fishes in the Indian Museum, collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey ship Investigator. Calcutta 211 pp. 8 pls 1 map. [182] [derivation apparently from the Latin adjective affinis = adjacent and genus is neuter and correct ending is affine, although often treated as affinis].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZSI F.13197 (depth 753 fathoms), Bay of Bengal, off Kistna coast.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Leptoderma affinis Alcock, 1899 [common misspelling of species name]. —
  Sazonov, Y.I. & Markle, D.F. 1999. Family Alepocephalidae. pp. 1888-1893 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [1893]

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Fowlers Bay, SA (34°02'S, 131°41'E) to off Rottnest Island, WA (32º20'S, 114º29'E); temperate, east-Indo-west Pacific.

IMCRA

Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

1300-1650 m.

General References

Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Gates, J.E. 2006. Alepocephalidae. pp. 384-393 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [389]

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [19] (as affine and cf. affine)

Sazonov, Y.I. & Markle, D.F. 1999. Family Alepocephalidae. pp. 1888-1893 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [1893]

Williams, A., Last, P.R., Gomon, M.F. & Paxton, J.R. 1996. Species composition and checklist of the demersal ichthyofauna of the continental slope off Western Australia (20–35º). Records of the Western Australian Museum 18: 135-155 [146]

Williams, A. & Sazonov, Y.I. 2008. Family Alepocephalidae and Platytroctidae. pp. 201-210 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [202] (as affine)

Williams, A. & Stewart, A.L. 2015. Family Alepocephalidae. pp. 354-376 in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 2 pp. 1-576. [369]

Common Name References

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Eel Slickhead)

History of changes