Actinopteri - Leptolepidiformes - Leptolepididae
Synonyms: Leptolepis nanus Egerton 1845, Megastoma apenninum Costa 1850, Oxygonius tenuis Agassiz 1845, Sarginites pygmaeus Costa 1850
Belongs to Leptolepis according to A. S. Woodward 1919
Sister taxa: Leptolepis africana, Leptolepis autissiodorensis, Leptolepis bahiaensis, Leptolepis caudalis, Leptolepis concentricus, Leptolepis contractus, Leptolepis coryphaenoides, Leptolepis crassus, Leptolepis disjectus, Leptolepis dubius, Leptolepis gregarius, Leptolepis jaegeri, Leptolepis koonwarri, Leptolepis longus, Leptolepis lowei, Leptolepis macrolepidotus, Leptolepis macrophthalmus, Leptolepis neocomiensis, Leptolepis neumayri, Leptolepis nevadensis, Leptolepis normandica, Leptolepis polyspondylus, Leptolepis saltviciensis, Leptolepis sprattiformis, Leptolepis talbragarensis, Leptolepis tenellus, Leptolepis voithii
Type specimens:
- Leptolepis brodiei: BMNH, a partial skeleton
- Leptolepis nanus:
- Megastoma apenninum:
- Oxygonius tenuis:
- Sarginites pygmaeus:
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Leptolepis brodiei in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.