Leptoderma Vaillant [L. L.] 1886:1239 Neut. Leptoderma macrops Vaillant 1886. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Leptoderma Vaillant 1886 -- (Krefft 1973:91 [ref. 7166], Markle & Quéro in Whitehead et al. 1984:244 [ref. 13675], Machida in Masuda et al. 1984:43 [ref. 6441], Markle 1986:221 [ref. 5687], Sazonov & Markle 1990:112 [ref. 21681], Sazonov & Markle 1999:1889 [ref. 24739], Carter & Hartel 2003:875 [ref. 27000], Hoese et al. 2006:389 [ref. 29035], Williams & Sazonov 2008:203 [ref. 30623], Byrkjedal et al. 2011:49 [ref. 31301], Angulo et al. 2016:493 [ref. 34156], Williams & Stewart 2015:369 [ref. 34243], Robertson et al. 2017:40 [ref. 35676]). Current status: Valid as Leptoderma Vaillant 1886. Alepocephalidae.