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Mendocinia

Actinopteri - Perleidiformes - Perleididae

Taxonomy
Mendocinia was named by Bordas (1944). Its type is Mendocinia brevis.

It was replaced with Mendocinichthys by Whitley (1953).

It was assigned to Perleididae by Schaeffer (1955).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Mendocinia Bordas p. 458
1955Mendocinia Schaeffer p. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
orderPerleidiformesBerg 1937
familyPerleididaeBrough 1931
genusMendociniaBordas 1944

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Mendocinia Bordas 1944
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
B. Schaeffer 1955Fusiform, moderately deep-bodied fishes attaining a length of about 60 mm., and differing from other members of the family Perleididae in the following combination of characters: Skull short anteroposteriorly and relatively deep, nearly one-fifth of total body length. External skull bones thin and without ornamentation. Rostrum sloping, rather than blunt as in Perleidus and Meridensia. Postrostral bone wide ventrally, narrow where it meets the frontals. Nasal bones forming anterior border of orbit, wider dorsally than ventrally. Paired rostrals and dentigerous premaxillaries apparently present. Frontals about twice the length of the rectangular parietals. Dermopterotic narrow and elongated. Suprascapulars separated. Maxillary very narrow anteriorly, expanded posteriorly, with a rounded posterior border. Suspensorium vertical. Wedge-shaped suborbital (or supraspiracular) and dermohyal (or antopercular) present. Preopercular with infraorbital process. Opercular slightly smaller than subopercular. Branchiostegals present. Mandible tapering towards symphysis. Marginal teeth on premaxillary, maxillary, and dentary conical and pointed. Teeth on prearticular stout and blunt as in Perleidus madagascariensis. Supracleithrum and cleithrum typical for family and without ornamentation. Postcleithra apparently absent.