COCCODONTIDAE Berg, 1940

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Family COCCODONTIDAE Berg, 1940

TYPE GENUS. — Coccodus Pictet, 1850 .

INCLUDED GENERA. — The type genus, Ichthyoceros Gayet, 1984 , and Trewavasia White & Moy-Thomas, 1941 .

REVISED DIAGNOSIS. — Pycnodontoid fishes with the following unique combination of primitive and derived characters: extrascapular not fused to parietal; neural and haemal corresponding arcocentra partially surrounding notochord; six to eight epichordal elements in caudal endoskeleton; hypochordal elements in caudal endoskeleton enlarged; less than 29 dorsal axonosts; if present, first dorsal ridge scale larger than subsequent dorsal ridge scales; two or less dorsal ridge scales; three or less ventral keel scales; at most one post-cloacal ventral keel scale.