Ateleopodidae
Authors/Creators
- 1. Osaka Museum of Natural History, 1 - 23, Nagai Park, Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 546 - 0034, Japan.
- 2. Section of Ichthyology, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, California 94118 USA. tiwamoto @ calacademy. org; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4116 - 1380
- 3. Zoological Survey of India, Marine Fish Section, FPS Building, 27, Jawaharlal Nahru Road, Kolkata 700016, India. subhrendumishra @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0529 - 5392
Description
Key to the genera in the family Ateleopodidae
1a. Pelvic fin with three free rays followed by normal rays............................................... Guentherus
1b. Pelvic fin with one elongated ray and several rudimentary rays................................................. 2
2a. Small mouth, posterior end of gape situated at vertical near anterior nostril; gill membranes united ventrally and attached to isthmus by soft tissue........................................................................ Parateleopus
2b. Mouth large, posterior end of gape extending to vertical through anterior margin of eye; gill membranes separate and free from isthmus............................................................................................. 3
3a. Pelvic fin (one elongated ray) soft, long, extending to a point anywhere between base of pectoral and proximity of anus................................................................................................ .. Ateleopus
3b. Pelvic fin (one elongated ray) stiff, short, scarcely reaching origin of pectoral fin or edge of opercle, except in juveniles which sometimes have a longer ray extending beyond pectoral-fin base........................................... Ijimaia
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Ateleopodiformes
- Family
- Ateleopodidae
- Taxon rank
- family