Pentacerotidae

Kim, Seong-Yong, 2012, 3366, Zootaxa 3366, pp. 1-111 : 88

Family Pentacerotidae

Diagnosis. Second infraorbital articulating with lateral ethmoid anteromedially; many exposed tubercles present on infraorbital and head (including frontal, supraoccipital and pterotic); supraoccipital crest high and stout; ascending and articular processes of premaxilla continuous; supramaxilla absent; distal ends of premaxilla and maxilla articulating; palatine teeth absent; endopterygoid articulating with lateral ethmoid; pad-like bundle of transversus dorsalis anterior present; adductor radialis originating from medial surface of third actinost; number of abdominal vertebrae 12.

Remarks. This family is redefined by the 12 synapomorphies listed above. No percoid families have this combination of characters. This family includes two subfamilies, 7 genera and 13 species.