Published January 19, 2022 | Version v1
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Ateleopodidae

  • 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

Notes

Published as part of Kaga, Tatsuya, Iwamoto, Tomio & Mishra, Subhrendu Sekhar, 2022, Redescription of Ateleopus indicus Alcock 1891, (Teleostei: Ateleopodiformes Ateleopodidae), and its reassignment to the genus Parateleopus, pp. 176-190 in Zootaxa 5092 (2) on page 187, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5092.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/5876475

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Biodiversity

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Ateleopodiformes
Family
Ateleopodidae
Taxon rank
family