| Named By: | Nybelin in 1974 | 
| Time Period: | Early Toarcian[1] | 
| Location: | Germany | 
| Size: | Around 10 to 15 centimetres long | 
| Diet: | Carnivore (of small organisms) | 
| Fossil(s): | Multiple individuals | 
| Classification: | | Chordata | Gnathostomata | Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Pachycormiformes | | 
| Also known as: | | Clupea sprattiformis | | 
Leptolepides is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived during the early Toarcian stage of the Early Jurassic epoch.