66: LEPTOCHILICHTHYIDAE (LEPTOCHILICHTHYIDS)
66.1 Leptochilichthys pinguis
(Vaillant, 1886)
Anomalopterus pinguis Vaillant, 1886: 1239 (off Morocco ); 1888: 160*.
Leptochilichthys pinguis: Sazonov & Ivanov, 1980: 12*; Markle & Quero,
1984: 255*.
D 16-21; A 14-18; P 9-10; V 9 plus a short splint bone; GR
(8-9)+(17-21).
Attains 24 cm. One specimen from off South Africa
226
(36°40'S, 20 0 1O'E) in 930 - 1 000 m; also known from off
Morocco, Indian Ocean and the western tropical Pacific.
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66.1 Leptochilichthys pinguis: schematic diagram of adult (after Sazonov &
Ivanov, 1980).