Biology:Dinematichthyini

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Short description: Tribe of fishes

Dinematichthyini
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Dinematichthys ventralis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Bythitidae
Subfamily: Brosmophycinae
Tribe: Dinematichthyini
Cohen and Nielsen, 1978

Dinematichthyini is a tribe of viviparous brotulas, which is conventionally placed within the subfamily Brosmophycinae. They are differentiated from the other tribe within that subfamily, the Brosmophycinae , by having a single pair of ossified genital claspers, having an absence or greatly reduced scales on the head and having the posterior end of the maxillary bone showing a small amount of vertical expansion.[1] A review of the viviparous brotulas carried out in 2016 elevated the tribe to a family, the Dinematichthyidae.[2]

Genera

The following genera are included in the tribe Dinematichthyini:

References

  1. Peter Rask Moller; Werner Schwarzhans. "Review of the Dinematichthyini (Teleostei, Bythitidae) of the Indo-west Pacific.Part II. Dermatopsis, Dermatopsoides and Dipulus with description of six new species". The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 22: 39–76. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260164385_Review_of_the_Dinematichthyini_Teleostei_Bythitidae_of_the_Indo-west_Pacific_Part_II_Dermatopsis_Dermatopsoides_and_Dipulus_with_description_of_six_new_species. 
  2. Møller PR; Knudsen SW; Schwarzhans W; Nielsen JG (2016). "A new classification of viviparous brotulas (Bythitidae) – with family status for Dinematichthyidae – based on molecular, morphological and fossil data". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 100: 391–408. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.04.008. PMID 27060424.  Abstract

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