3366
Author
Kim, Seong-Yong
text
Zootaxa
2012
2012-07-04
3366
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journal article
11755334
Subfamily
Histiopterinae
Diagnosis.
Vomer toothless; supratemporals connected with pterotic ventrally; branched sensory canal extended from posttemporal present; accessory subpelvic keel well developed and extending anteroventrally; subpelvic process well developed and long; first dorsal fin proximal pterygiophore inserted into space between first and second neural spines; adductor mandibulae section Aw quite expanded dorsally and fused by a tendon separated from section A3 posterodorsally.
Remarks.
The subfamily
Histiopterinae
includes 6 genera,
Histiopterus
,
Evistias
,
Zanclistius
,
Pentaceropsis
,
Paristiopterus
, and
Parazanclistius
, and seven species. This subfamily differs from the
Pentacerotinae
in having the vomer toothless and the supratemporals connected with the pterotic ventrally (vs. vomer with teeth and supratemporals connected with pterotic laterally).