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Brachionichthyidae
Taxonomy
Brachionichthyidae was named by Gill (1878). It is extant.
It was assigned to Pediculati by Jordan (1963); to Antennarioidei by Schultz (2006), Carnevale and Pietsch (2010) and Bannikov (2014); and to Lophiiformes by Carnevale et al. (2014) and Nelson et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Pediculati by Jordan (1963); to Antennarioidei by Schultz (2006), Carnevale and Pietsch (2010) and Bannikov (2014); and to Lophiiformes by Carnevale et al. (2014) and Nelson et al. (2016).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1878 | Brachionichthyidae Gill |
| 1963 | Brachionichthyidae Jordan p. 742 |
| 2006 | Brachionichthyidae Schultz p. 428 |
| 2010 | Brachionichthyidae Carnevale and Pietsch p. 625 |
| 2014 | Brachionichthyidae Bannikov p. 26 |
| 2014 | Brachionichthyidae Carnevale et al. p. 42 |
| 2016 | Brachionichthyidae Nelson et al. p. 510 |
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Fm. Brachionichthyidae Gill 1878
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G. Brachionichthys Bleeker 1855
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Brachionichthys australis Last et al. 2007
Brachionichthys hirsutus Lacepède 1804
G. †Histionotophorus Eastman 1904
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†Histionotophorus bassani De Zigno 1887
Invalid names: Histiocephalus De Zigno 1887 [replaced]
G. Sympterichthys Gill 1878
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Sympterichthys politus Richardson 1844
Sympterichthys unipennis Cuvier 1817
Sympterichthys verrucosus Carnevale and Pietsch 2010
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| G. Carnevale and T. W. Pietsch 2010 | A lophiiform family unique and derived in having two elongate pectoral radials (not reduced in number through ontogeny); ceratobranchials I–IV curved; five branchiostegal rays; a well-developed membrane between the second and third dorsal-fin spine; and lacking vomerine and palatine teeth. The family is further distinguished from all other anten- narioid families in having the following combination of character states: mouth horizontal to slightly oblique; ventral surface of vomer flat; articular head of quad- rate broad; two pharyngobranchials present; vertebral column slightly curved, not sigmoid; epurals absent; three cephalic dorsal-fin spines; third dorsal-fin spine membranously attached to posterior margin of head. |