Proscinetes Gistl, 1848

Poyato-Ariza F. J. & Wenz S., 2002, A new insight into pycnodontiform fishes, Geodiversitas 24 (1), pp. 139-248 : 221

Genus Proscinetes Gistl, 1848

TYPE SPECIES. — Microdon elegans Agassiz, 1833 .

INCLUDED SPECIES. — The type species,? P. bassanii ( D’Erasmo, 1914) , P. bernardi ( Thiollière, 1852) , P. egertoni ( Thiollière, 1852) ,? P. itieri (Saint-Seine, 1949) , P.? radiatus (Agassiz 1836), P. sauvanasi? ( Thiollière, 1852) , P. thiollieri? (Saint-Seine, 1949) , P.? wagneri ( Thiollière, 1852).

REVISED DIAGNOSIS. — Proscinetine fish with the following unique combination of reverted primitive and derived characters: two large branchiostegal rays in contact; neural and haemal corresponding arcocentra not surrounding notochord, except individual exceptions in a few caudal vertebrae; pelvic fins at more than 55% of standard length; falcate to acuminate dorsal and anal fins; free dorsal axonost present; 40 to 49 anal axonosts; two urodermals; 15 to 17 dorsal ridge scales; and two anterior plus three posterior modified cloacal scales.