leptolepis, Cyttus Gilchrist [J. D. F.] & von Bonde [C.] 1924:17 [Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa v. 3 (no. 7) (1922); ref. 1649] South Africa, Pickle stations 98 and 295, depth 218 and 180 fathoms. Syntypes: whereabouts unknown. •Valid as Zenion leptolepis (Gilchrist & von Bonde 1924) -- (Heemstra 1986:441 [ref. 5660], Paulin et al. 1989:159 [ref. 24556], Adam et al. 1998:11 [ref. 23610], Tyler et al. 2003:15 [ref. 26742], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 9 [ref. 38321], Heemstra 2022:423 [ref. 39720]). Current status: Valid as Zenion leptolepis (Gilchrist & von Bonde 1924). Zeniontidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) and East Africa east to Saya de Malha Bank and Saint Brandon's Shoals (Cargados Carajos); New Zealand. Habitat: marine.