Leptoderma Vaillant, 1886
Body eel-like, scaleless. Snout rounded, projecting beyond tip of lower jaw; upper jaw short, reaching to or just beyond front border of eye, lower jaw articulation below eye. Pyloric caeca 2. Dorsal fin origin a little behind midpoint of body, joined or not to caudal fin, with 27-67 finrays; anal fin origin before midpoint of body, joined or not to caudal fin, with 42-85 finrays.
Engybenthic on continental slope at about 500-2,300 m; locally common.
Species about 5; in Clofnam area 2.
Recent revisions: Markle (in preparation).
Species of this genus in the program:
Leptoderma macrops
Leptoderma sp.