Phylogenetic systematics of the family Sillaginidae (Percomorpha: order Perciformes) Author KAGA, TATSUYA text Zootaxa 2013 2013-04-30 3642 1 1 105 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3642.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3642.1.1 1175-5326 5263619 CAFF80B0-1737-4DAE-BA43-C11D07EE1357 Family Sillaginidae Richardson, 1846 Type genus. Sillago Cuvier, 1817 Diagnosis. Supramaxilla absent; coronomeckelian long; palatine edentulous; six branchiostegal rays; one branchiostegal ray on epihyal; anterior parts of pelvic bones on both sides widely separated; segments on first soft pelvic fin ray shortened; first haemal spine L-shaped; 32–44 total vertebrae; one superneumerary dorsal spine; two anal spines; anal fin base elongated; one tendon of adductor mandibulae section A1 inserting on anteroventral edge of first infraorbital bone; adductor mandibulae section A2 covering section A1 laterally; transversus ventralis posterior well developed; and origin of pharyngoclavicularis externus sandwiched by sternohyoideus. Remarks. The family can be easily separable from other percoids by a combination of characters provided in the Diagnosis. The family Sillaginidae is composed of the following five genera: Sillago , Sillaginopsis , Sillaginodes , Sillaginopodys , and Sillaginops gen. nov.