Updated checklist of marine fishes (Chordata: Craniata) from Portugal and the proposed extension of the Portuguese continental shelf Author Carneiro, Miguel Author Martins, Rogélia Author Landi, Monica Author Costa, Filipe O. text European Journal of Taxonomy 2014 2014-02-06 73 1 73 journal article 21779 10.5852/ejt.2014.73 4036285a-e386-454b-ac37-faa8db1687af 2118-9773 3866515 9A5F217D-8E7B-448A-9CAB-2CCC9CC6F857 Family Howellidae Prokofiev (2006) suggested that Howella , Pseudohowella and Bathysphyraenops should be placed in the family Howellidae , which contains three genera from the Percichthyidae and the Acropomatidae . Prokofiev (2007a ,b) discussed the systematic position of the genus Howella and revised the diagnosis of the family Howellidae . According to Eschmeyer (2013) , the family contains nine valid species.