Platycephalidae Swainson, 1839
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https://doi.org/ 10.1643/CG-17-669 |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13230653 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AB10E025-FF85-FFC0-C27F-FABBFF1FF8EC |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Platycephalidae Swainson, 1839 |
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Platycephalidae Swainson, 1839 View in CoL View at ENA
Type genus: Platycephalus Bloch, 1795 View in CoL
Sister taxon: Hoplichthyidae View in CoL þ Triglidae View in CoL
Concept and content: 84 species classified in two subfamilies and 17 genera: Oniigociinae: Ambiserrula View in CoL , Cociella View in CoL , Cymbacephalus View in CoL , Grammoplites View in CoL , Inegocia View in CoL , Kumococius View in CoL , Onigocia View in CoL , Papilloculiceps View in CoL , Ratabulus View in CoL , Rogadius View in CoL , Solitas View in CoL , Suggrundus View in CoL , Sunagocia View in CoL , and Thysanophrys View in CoL ; Platycephalinae: Elates View in CoL and Platycephalus View in CoL ; incertae sedis: Leviprora View in CoL
Phenotypic diagnosis: No unambiguously optimized morphological synapomorphies diagnose Platycephalidae View in CoL , although the family is supported by a morphological transformation through accelerated character optimization.
Support statistics: The bootstrap support for this clade was 0.97.
Systematic comment: Familial and subfamilial classification follows Imamura (1996). Generic composition and species recognition follow Eschmeyer View in CoL et al. (2017) except for the synonymy of Sorsogona View in CoL in Ratabulus View in CoL following Imamura (1996).
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