Belonesox Kner, 1860

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Belonesox Kner

Belonesox Kner, 1860: 419 , 422. Type species: Belonesox belizanus Kner, 1860 . Type by monotypy. Gender: masculine.

Composition. Belonesox belizanus Kner.

Distribution. Central America: from laguna San Julian, northeast of Ciudad Veracruz in Mexico to Costa Rica. Southern Gulf of Mexico, southern Yucatán and along Central American coast south to Nicaragua. Introduced in freshwater in Florida.

Pseudopoecilia + Neoheterandria + Scolichthys [Clade 117]

Diagnosis. Pseudopoecilia + Neoheterandria + Scolichthys share the following not uniquely derived and/or reversed features: (1) medial surface of ascending process of premaxilla approximately straight [11-0]; (2) ligastyle absent [46-0]; (3) 10 or more dorsal-fin rays (males and females) [64-0]; (4) males with nine anal-fin rays [85-4]; (5) spines on subdistal segments of R3 retrorse [108-2]; (6) dorsal expansion of ray 5p of anal fin in adult males present [124-1]; and (7) hypural plate completely fused [131-0].