Centromochlinae Bleeker, 1862

Birindelli, José L. O., 2014, Phylogenetic relationships of the South American Doradoidea (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes), Neotropical Ichthyology 12 (3), pp. 451-564 : 537

Centromochlinae Bleeker, 1862

Centromochli Bleeker, 1862 (in Bleeker, 1862 -1863): 7 [type genus: Centromochlus ].

Included taxa. Centromochlus , Gelanoglanis , Glanidium , and Tatia .

Diagnosis. The Centromochlinae is diagnosed by the following characters: fenestra present between frontal and orbitosphenoid (#77: 0>1, also present in Pseudauchenipterus and Pseudotatia ), four to six branchiostegal rays (#177: 1>0, present also in some non-Auchenipteridae catfishes), five branched dorsal-fin rays (#237: 0>1, also present in Entomocorus , Pseudepapterus , Spinipterus , Trachelyopterus , Trachycorystes , and some non-Auchenipteridae catfishes), posterior cleithral process small (#265: 2>1, also present in Tetranematichthys , Trachelyopterus galeatus , and T. insignis , and some non-Auchenipteridae catfishes), anal fin oblique relative to the body axis in mature males (#288: 0>1, exclusive), anal-fin proximal radials oblique relative to the body axis in mature males and not interdigitated with hemal spines (#289: 0>1, exclusive), anal-fin proximal radials partially or completely fused together forming a single ossification in mature males (#291: 0>1, exclusive).