PROSCINETINAE Gistl, 1848
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5371649 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B887AB-FF86-FFAE-FD77-FDF9FCB0FC3B |
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Marcus |
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PROSCINETINAE Gistl, 1848 |
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Subfamily PROSCINETINAE Gistl, 1848
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TYPE GENUS. — Proscinetes Gistl, 1848 .
INCLUDED GENERA. — The type genus, and Neoproscinetes Figueiredo & Silva Santos, 1987 .
DIAGNOSIS. — Pycnodontid fishes with the following autapomorphy: alternation of one large and two small teeth on main vomerine tooth row. Unique combination of derived characters: three vomerine tooth rows; eight or nine teeth on main vomerine tooth row (counting each couple of alternating small teeth as one tooth); about 30 to 34 vertebrae; dorsal ridge scales separated from each other; 18 to 21 ventral keel scales; spines on ventral keel scales placed in the posterior region of the midline.
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