A phylogenetic study of the neotropical catfish family Cetopsidae (Osteichthyes, Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a new classification
Author
De Pinna, Mário C. C.
Author
Ferraris, Carl J.
Author
Vari, Richard P.
text
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2007
2007-08-31
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https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-lookup/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00306.x
journal article
10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00306.x
0024-4082
5122EB63-C0A1-446B-A285-1D12A43C6E57
FAMILY
CETOPSIDAE BLEEKER, 1858
Diagnosis
(Br: 4, jk: 82, bs: 76):
Maxilla with a single articular head (2);
Anterior and medial palatine cartilages continuous (15, reversed to state 0 in
C. coecutiens
);
Opercle and interopercle overlapping, forming a lap suture (22);
Point of attachment of interoperculo-mandibular ligament on the dorsal margin of the interopercle (23);
Interopercle with reduction of its anteroposterior axis, so that it is as deep as, or slightly deeper than, long (24);
Metapterygoid rectangular (25).
Included subfamilies
:
Helogeninae
,
Cetopsinae
.