Scientific Name
Leptoderma retropinna
Leptoderma retropinna連尾細皮黑頭魚
by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author Fowler, 1943 Depth 600 - 1100 M
Chinese 連尾細皮黑頭魚 Poisonous Fish No 
Family_Chinese 黑頭魚科 Economic Fish No 
Family F171　Alepocephalidae Edible Fish No  Chinese In Mainland China 連尾細皮平頭魚 
Max Length 21 cm  Aquarium Fish No  Common Name 黑頭魚 
Distribution in World India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean   Distribution in Taiwan North East 
Habitats Deep Sea  Holotype Locality Off Diuata Point, between Leyte and Mindanao, Philippines, 9°06'30 
Synonyms Leptoderma retropinnum   
Reference Okamura, O., T. Kitajima and (eds) 1984. Fishes of the Okinawa Trough and the adjacent waters. Vol. 1. The intensive research of unexploited fishery resources on continental slopes. Japan Fisheries Resource Conservation Association, Tokyo. v. 1: 1-414, Pls. 1-205; Yeh, H.-M., Lee, M.-Y., And K.-T. Shao. 2006. Ten Taiwanese new records of alepocephalid fishes (Pisces: Alepocephalidae) collected from the deep waters by the RV Ocean Reaearcher I. Journal of the Fisheries Society of Taiwan. V. 33(3):265-279.   Henry W. Fowler 1943 
Specimen List ASIZP0064108. ASIZP0066080. ASIZP0073935. ASIZP0801590. ASIZP0911590.  
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Redlist Status NL Not in IUCN Redlist     
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