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Sharfia
Taxonomy
Sharfia was named by Pietsch and Carnevale (2011). Its type is Sharfia mirabilis.
It was assigned to Lophiidae by Pietsch and Carnevale (2011), Carnevale et al. (2014) and Bannikov (2014).
It was assigned to Lophiidae by Pietsch and Carnevale (2011), Carnevale et al. (2014) and Bannikov (2014).
Species
S. mirabilis (type species)
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2011 | Sharfia Pietsch and Carnevale p. 65 |
2014 | Sharfia Bannikov p. 26 |
2014 | Sharfia Carnevale et al. p. 42 |
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G. †Sharfia Pietsch and Carnevale 2011
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†Sharfia mirabilis Pietsch and Carnevale 2011
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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T. W. Pietsch and G. Carnevale 2011 | A member of the family Lophiidae unique in having large triangular opercles, with concave anterior and anteroventral margins and a peculiar cancellous texture on its medial surface; subopercle entire (without posteroventral fimbriations), with radiating striations emanating from base of ascending process and ornamented with small knobs throughout their length. The genus differs further in having the following combination of character states: frontals notably constricted in interorbital region (distance between lateral margins of interorbital extensions of frontals about 35% of that measured between outer margins of pterotics); symphysial process of dentary absent; 19 vertebrae; vertebral column nearly straight; neural and haemal spines (including those of the penultimate vertebral centrum) anteroposteriorly expanded; dorsal fin with nine rays, supported by seven pterygiophores; cleithral (humeral) spine vestigial; pectoral-fin radials relatively short, 16.3% SL; pectoral fin paddle- shaped, with at least ten rays; caudal fin with eight rays. |