Dicrolene, Goode, G. B. & Bean, T. H., 1883

Goode, G. B. & Bean, T. H., 1883, Reports on the results of dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, on the east coast of the United States, during the summer of 1880, by the U. S. coast survey steamer “ Blake, ” Commander J. R. Bartlett, U. S. N., commanding., Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 10 (5), pp. 183-226 : 202

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.28095

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3283BFE8-BAA3-437C-90F2-B33A8DF5125E

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6294073

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/96F1EC63-7598-424B-AA4E-CCD4AF116AC5

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:96F1EC63-7598-424B-AA4E-CCD4AF116AC5

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Donat

scientific name

Dicrolene
status

new genus

DICROLENE , new genus.

Diagnosis. - Body brotuliform, moderately compressed ; bead somewhat compressed, with mouth large (in the type species extending nearly to the posterior margin of the eye). The tip of the maxillary much dilated. Eye large, placed close to the dorsal profile. Head with supraorbital spines: several strong spines on the preoperculum, and one long spine at the upper angle of the operculum. Snout short, not projecting beyond the upper jaw. Jaws nearly equal in front. Teeth in narrow villiform bands in the jaws on the head of the vomer, and 011 the palatines. Barbel none. Gill openings wide : membranes not united. Gills four : gill lamina) of moderate length. Gill rakers rather long, not numerous. Pseud obranchiac absent. A small, separate caudal lin, much prolonged. Dorsal and anal tins long : rays of the pectoral lin arranged in two groups: several of the lower rays being separate and much produced . Ventral fins close together, far in front of the pectorals. Each ventral composed of a single bifid ray. Branchiostegals seven. Body and head covered with small scales. Lateral line close to the base of the dorsal lin, apparently becoming obsolete 011 the posterior third of the body. Stomach si phonal. Pyloric cceca few, rudimentary. Intestine shorter than body.

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