Ebinania, Sakamoto, 1932

Keith L Jackson, 2006, Ebinania australiae, a New Species of Fathead Sculpin from Southern Australia (Scorpaeniformes: Psychrolutidae), Records of the Australian Museum 58, pp. 37-42 : 42

Key to the species of Ebinania

1 Cirri, if present, microscopic on head and body; prevomerine teeth in two patches in adults .................................................................................................................. 2

—— Short cirri on head; prevomerine teeth continuous or in two patches ................................................ 3

2 Dorsal rays 24–25; pectoral rays 22–24; fresh colour dark brown to black ....................................................................... Ebinania costaecanariae ( Cervigón, 1961)

—— Dorsal rays 20–23; pectoral rays 17–19; fresh colour light brown ......................................................................... Ebinania brephocephala ( Jordan & Starks, 1903)

3 Lateral line pores distinct; prevomerine teeth in two patches in adults; pectora1 rays about 20 ......................................... Ebinania malacocephala Nelson, 1982

—— Lateral line pores obsolete; prevomerine teeth continuous; pectoral rays usually more than 20 .............................................................................................................. 4

4 Paired chin pores ............................................................... Ebinania vermiculata Sakamoto, 1932

—— Terminal chin pore ......................................................................................................................... 5

5 Cranial arches 2 and 3 distant from edge of well-developed orbital rim; pectoral rays 21–22 ......................................................................... Ebinania australiae n.sp.

—— Cranial arches 2 and 3 close to edge of orbital rim; pectoral rays 24 ....................................................................................... Ebinania macquariensis Nelson, 1982