Barathronus Goode & Bean, 1886

Nielsen, Jørgen G., Pogonoski, John J. & Appleyard, Sharon A., 2019, Aphyonid-clade species of Australia (Teleostei, Bythitidae) with four species new to Australian waters and a new species of Barathronus, Zootaxa 4564 (2), pp. 554-572 : 558-560

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4564.2.12
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5924626
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scientific name	Barathronus Goode & Bean, 1886
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Barathronus Goode & Bean, 1886 View in CoL View at ENA

Barathronus Goode & Bean, 1886: 164 View in CoL , type species by monotypy Barathronus bicolor Goode & Bean, 1886 View in CoL .

Diagnosis. Joined vertical fins and loose, transparent, scaleless skin; mouth oblique with dentigerous palatines and 2–11 fangs on vomer, pectoral fin peduncle short, as long as high; 20–35 long rakers on anterior gill arch; dorsal fin rays 62–85, caudal fin rays 8-10, anal fin rays 46–73 and pectoral fin rays 21–27; precaudal vertebrae 31–39; total vertebrae 67–89; ripe males with penis length up to 15% SL, paired claspers developed or not.

Species. According to Nielsen et al. (2015: 55) Barathronus contains 11 species. One of these, Barathronus solomonensis Nielsen & Møller, 2008 was later by Nielsen (2015: 342) transferred to the aphyonid-clade genus Paraphyonus Nielsen, 2015 .