Congiopodidae Gill, 1889
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https://doi.org/ 10.1643/CG-17-669 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AB10E025-FF8A-FFCF-C143-FDABFA6BFBDC |
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Felipe |
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Congiopodidae Gill, 1889 |
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Congiopodidae Gill, 1889 View in CoL View at ENA
Type genus: Congiopodus Perry, 1811 View in CoL
Sister taxon: Cottoidei þ Zoarcoidei
Concept and content: Eight species classified in three genera: Alertichthys View in CoL , Congiopodus View in CoL , and Zanclorhynchus View in CoL
Phenotypic diagnosis: Loss of fourth or fifth circumorbital (character 5, state 2); loss of fourth circumorbital (character 9, state 1); interacalar and posttemporal sutured together (character 21, state 1); lateral lateral-line canal pore on pterotic absent (character 22, state 0); Baudelot’s ligament absent (character 25, state 3); palatine and ectopterygoid separated (character 29, state 1); teeth on palatine absent (character 30, state 1); uroneural absent (character 76, state 1); two epurals (character 77, state 1); levator posterior absent (character 90, state 1); gill membranes broadly fused with isthmus, gill opening narrow (character 107, state 2); body lateral line with tube-like bones (character 109, state 1).
Support statistics: The bootstrap support for this clade was 1.00.
Systematic comment: Familial and generic composition and species recognition follow Eschmeyer View in CoL et al. (2017).
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