Cyclopterinae Bonaparte, 1831

Oku, Kanami, Imamura, Hisashi & Yabe, Mamoru, 2017, Phylogenetic relationships and a new classification of the family Cyclopteridae (Perciformes: Cottoidei), Zootaxa 4221 (1), pp. 1-59 : 53

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scientific name	Cyclopterinae Bonaparte, 1831
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Subfamily Cyclopterinae Bonaparte, 1831

Cyclopterinae Bonaparte, 1831: 96 (type genus: Cyclopterus Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL ).

Diagnosis. Head and body with many tubercles; generally high body having developed dorsal crest; supraoccipital crest present; first dorsal fin covered with very thick skin; first dorsal proximal pterygiophore lacking spines; ventral end of gill slit reaching level with base of lowermost pectoral fin ray.

Remarks. The subfamily includes only one genus, Cyclopterus .