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Leptolepis — Leptolepis
Leptolepis — Solnhofen_Fauna_at_the_CMNH_02.jpg : User:Piotrus derivative work: Kevmin ( talk ), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY SA 3.0

Fish

Leptolepis

Early teleost fish

Leptolepis is the Jurassic early teleost whose name was long used for all small Solnhofen fish (now Leptolepides) and for the little fish of the Holzmaden shale. Fine Leptolepis from the Posidonia Shale are preserved in pyrite and need dry storage. The name persists on older labels and dealer lists.

PhylumChordata
ClassActinopterygii
OrderLeptolepiformes
FamilyLeptolepidae
GroupFish
Rank (PBDB)genus· Paleobiology Database
AuthorAgassiz 1832· Paleobiology Database
Classification (PBDB)Chordata › Osteichthyes › Leptolepidiformes › Leptolepididae· Paleobiology Database
Range (PBDB)239–93.9 Ma· Paleobiology Database
PBDB occurrences64· Paleobiology Database

Photographs

Leptolepis — Leptolepis brodiei Agassiz, 1845 (NHMUK PV P 34036)
Leptolepis brodiei Agassiz, 1845 (NHMUK PV P 34036) — © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London, Natural History Museum (London) Data Portal, CC BY 4.0
Leptolepis — Leptolepis brodiei Agassiz, 1845, Syntype (NHMUK PV P 7635)
Leptolepis brodiei Agassiz, 1845, Syntype (NHMUK PV P 7635) — © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London, Natural History Museum (London) Data Portal, CC BY 4.0
Leptolepis — Leptolepis Agassiz, 1843 (NHMUK PV P 12616)
Leptolepis Agassiz, 1843 (NHMUK PV P 12616) — © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London, Natural History Museum (London) Data Portal, CC BY 4.0

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Elsewhere

Cite this article

Stratum Study. "Leptolepis" (Taxon). Stratum Study pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-19. https://stratum.black/study/taxa/leptolepis. Accessed 2026-09-20.

BibTeX · CSL-JSON

@misc{stratum-leptolepis,
  title        = {Leptolepis},
  author       = {{Stratum Study}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://stratum.black/study/taxa/leptolepis}},
  year         = {2026},
  note         = {Taxon article, Stratum Study pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-19; sources: stratum, pbdb, wikidata, commons, nhm. Accessed 2026-09-20.}
}

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