Subtribe Doiichthyina Weber, 1913

MP 68, BI 1, ML 50

(Figs 1–3, 38)

Type genus: Doiichthys Weber, 1913 .

Diagnosis

Accessory tooth plates small, transversely elongate and narrow (60, 2> 0), state 3 in Doiichthys . Ambiguous optimization: Mesethmoid medial notch large and shallow (1, 1> 0), reversed Brustiarius (except Brustiarius utarus), Cinetodus, Neoarius, Pachyula, Pararius mastersi, and Potamosilurus velutinus; posterior cranial fontanel formed by frontals and parieto-supraoccipital (25, 1> 0).

Remarks

The recognition of the subtribe Doiichthyina corroborates the results of a previous molecular study (Betancur-R. 2009), which recognized two distinct lineages of Ariina, one in Papua New Guinea and Australia ( Doiichthyina) and the other in Asia ( Ariina).

Included genera Aceroichthys gen. nov.

Bleekeriella gen. nov.

Brustiarius Herre, 1935

Cinetodus Ogilby, 1898

Cochlefelis Whitley, 1941

Doiichthys Weber, 1913

Nedystoma Ogilby, 1898

Nemapteryx Ogilby, 1908

Neoarius Castelnau, 1878

Megalosciades gen. nov.

Pachyula Ogilby, 1898

Paracinetodus gen. nov.

Pararius Whitley, 1940

Papuarius gen. nov.

Potamosilurus Marceniuk & Menezes, 2007 .