Pararius Whitley, 1940

Marceniuk, Alexandre Pires, Oliveira, Claudio & Ferraris Jr, Carl J., 2024, A new classification of the family Ariidae (Osteichthyes: Ostariophysi: Siluriformes) based on combined analyses of morphological and molecular data, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 200 (2), pp. 426-476 : 472

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad078

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11282738

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F32B77-FFC9-FF8F-0C7A-FE5CFBBE48C4

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scientific name

Pararius Whitley, 1940
status

 

Pararius Whitley, 1940

BI 1, ML 75

( Figs 1–3 View Figure 1 View Figure 2 View Figure 3 , 38G View Figure 38 and 51 View Figure 51 )

Type species: Arius proximus Ogilby, 1898 .

Diagnosis

Lateral horn of lateral ethmoid variable in length and laterally oriented (12, 1> 0); posterior cranial fontanel absent (26, 1> 0); epiphyseal bar indistinct (28, 0> 1); temporal fossa very reduced (39, 1> 0); accessory tooth plates small, oval to rounded (60, 0> 1); lateral margins of orbitosphenoid progressively diverging anteriorly (63, 0> 1); lateral and mesial portions of premaxilla of different sizes (121, 0> 1).

Included species

Pararius mastersi Ogilby, 1898

Pararius proximus Ogilby, 1898 .

Habitat and distribution: Brackish and marine waters, southern New Guinea and northern Australia ( Fig. 38 View Figure 38 ).

Remarks

The recognition of a close relationship between Pararius proximus and Pararius mastersi is a new result not found in previous studies ( Kailola 2004, Marceniuk and Menezes 2007, Betancur-R. 2009, Marceniuk et al. 2012).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Order

Siluriformes

Family

Ariidae

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