Leptolepis

noun
Lep·​tol·​e·​pis | \ lepˈtäləpə̇s\

Definition of Leptolepis

: a genus (the type of the family Leptolepidae) of primitive clupeoid fishes that includes numerous small thin-scaled fishes with the tail nearly homocercal

History and Etymology for Leptolepis

New Latin, from lept- + -lepis

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