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Pelotius
Taxonomy
Pelotius was named by Gallo-Da-Silva and De Figueiredo (1999). Its type is Pelotius hesselae.
It was assigned to Holocentridae by Gallo-Da-Silva and De Figueiredo (1999).
It was assigned to Holocentridae by Gallo-Da-Silva and De Figueiredo (1999).
Species
P. hesselae (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1999 | Pelotius Gallo-Da-Silva and De Figueiredo p. 263 |
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G. †Pelotius Gallo-Da-Silva and De Figueiredo 1999
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†Pelotius hesselae Gallo-Da-Silva and De Figueiredo 1999
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| V. Gallo-Da-Silva and F. J. De Figueiredo 1999 | Diagnosis-Pelotius can be distinguished from the other holocentrids by the apomorphic presence of an unusual coarse ornamentation with ridges and tubercles on the anterior edge of preopercular, opercular, and lateral portion of the maxilla; and by the following combination of characters: head without covering scales; orbit diameter about half the head length; toothed vomer; opercle and preopercle with smooth posterior edge, without spines or covering scales; 10 spines and 11 soft rays in the dorsal fin; anal fin with four spines, the first and the second being associated with one pterygiophore, the third and the fourth are each associated with only one pterygiophore; the third spine is the largest of all and the last, the thinnest; and all spines in the dorsal and anal fins ornamented with parallel ridges and small granules; cycloid scales. |