Sternoptyx Hermann, 1781
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https://doi.org/ 10.1590/1982-0224-2022-0004 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12720207 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EC2487AA-EA1D-C516-6430-FC4DFB905281 |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Sternoptyx Hermann, 1781 |
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Sternoptyx Hermann, 1781 View in CoL
Diagnosis. Sternoptyx can be distinguished in the Sternoptychidae by the body extremely compressed; eyes not tubular; dorsal blade with one spine; anterior margin of dorsal blade serrated; abdominal keel developed; post-abdominal spines present; AB 10; BR 3; I 5; PO externally indistinct and ventral to orbit (Baird, 1971; Borodulina, 1978; Lima et al., 2011). Four valid species (Fricke et al., 2022) .
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Collection of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences |
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