Synonyms: Ascalabos Münster 1839, Megastoma Costa 1850, Oxygonius Agassiz 1845, Sarginites Costa 1850, Tharsis Giebel 1848
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome I (livr. 18). Imprimerie de Petitpierre, Neuchatel xxxii-188
Parent taxon: Leptolepidae according to S. Wenz 1967
Sister taxa: Aethalion, Lycoptera, Pachythrissops, Thrissops
Subtaxa: Leptolepis africana, Leptolepis autissiodorensis, Leptolepis brodiei, Leptolepis coryphaenoides, Leptolepis disjectus, Leptolepis gregarius, Leptolepis jaegeri, Leptolepis koonwarri, Leptolepis lowei, Leptolepis macrophthalmus, Leptolepis nevadensis, Leptolepis saltviciensis, Leptolepis talbragarensis, Leptolepis valdensis
Type: Cyprinus coryphaenoides
Ecology: nektonic carnivore