Acanthonus Günther 1878
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.1770.1.2 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0F66DF83-9427-4D01-A0A8-6CC4B2A81F32 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5123866 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D987B8-1462-221A-23B2-FD320C306B84 |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Acanthonus Günther 1878 |
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Acanthonus Günther 1878 View in CoL View at ENA
Type species. Acanthonus armatus Günther 1878 View in CoL , by monotypy.
Diagnosis. Ophidiid with large head; snout with prominent, bifid spine; opercular spine long and slender extending well beyond rear margin of head, well developed spines at lower angle of preopercle; eye small; 1 to 4 median basibranchial tooth patches; pectoral fin-rays 16–19, pelvic fin-rays 2; 16 to 22 developed gill rakers; precudal vertebrae 9–10.
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