{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Leptoderma macrops1.jpg | image_caption = ''Leptoderma macrops'' | taxon = Leptoderma | authority = Vaillant, 1886 | type_species = ''Leptoderma macrops'' | type_species_authority = Vaillant, 1886<ref name = CofF>{{Cof family|family=Alepocephalidae|access-date=23 November 2024}}</ref> }}
'''''Leptoderma''''' is a genus of slickheads found in the deep waters of the oceans.
==Species== There are currently 6 recognized species in this genus:<ref>{{FishBase genus | genus = Leptoderma| month = December | year = 2023}}</ref> * ''Leptoderma affinis'' <small>Alcock, 1899</small> (eel slickhead) * ''Leptoderma lubricum'' <small>T. Abe, Marumo & Kawaguchi, 1965</small> * ''Leptoderma macrophthalmum'' <Small>Byrkjedal, J. Y. Poulsen & J. K. Galbraith, 2011</small> * ''Leptoderma macrops'' <small>Vaillant, 1886</small> (grenadier smooth-head) * ''Leptoderma ospesca'' <small>Angulo, C. C. Baldwin & D. R. Robertson, 2016</small> (eastern eel-slickhead)<ref name=Angulo2016>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.''</ref> * ''Leptoderma retropinna'' <small>Fowler, 1943</small>
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Category:Leptoderma Category:Alepocephalidae Category:Taxa named by Léon Vaillant Category:Marine fish genera
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