Neslovicella ŠTAMBERG , 2007

Štamberg, Stanislav, 2013, Knowledge Of The Carboniferous And Permian Actinopterygian Fishes Of The Bohemian Massif - 100 Years After Antonín Frič, Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae Series B 69 (3 - 4), pp. 159-182 : 170

Genus Neslovicella ŠTAMBERG, 2007

T y p e s p e c i e s: Neslovicella rzehaki ŠTAMBERG, 2007 .

I n c l u d e d s p e c i e s: Neslovicella rzehaki ŠTAMBERG, 2007 ; Neslovicella elongata ŠTAMBERG, 2010 .

D i a g n o s i s ( Štamberg 2010): Fusiform body with maximum total length of 103 mm. Pectoral fins with scale-covered lobe. Lepidotrichia of pectoral fins articulated along their entire length. Leading edge of pectoral fins turned dorsally. Dorsal fin origin situated above the space between the pelvic fin and anal fin base. Dorsal and anal fins approximately equal in size, or anal fin slightly smaller. Caudal fin deeply incised and inequilobate. Scale-covered axis of dorsal lobe of caudal fin forms low angle with anteroposterior body axis. Caudal inversion abrupt. Frontals wide, with length/width ratio of 1.06-1.25. Frontal/parietal length ratio 1.06-1.7. Interparietal-interfrontal suture nearly straight. Dermosphenotic elongate. Supraorbital sensory canal extends from nasal posteriorly across frontal, turning laterally on frontal and continuing onto dermopterotic. Orbit large, with numerous postorbital bones. Preoperculum very small. Maxilla with triangular maxillary plate posteriorly. Maxilla length/height ratio of 2.2 in adult specimens. Lower jaw weak, slightly turned ventrally at oral extremity. Jaw dentition consisting of numerous minuscule tubular teeth. Operculum very high, curved orally in its dorsal region. Opercular axis inclined at about 60 degrees to the horizontal. Operculum less tall or as tall as suboperculum. Opercular-subopercular suture oblique, two branchiostegal rays present. Posterior margin of scales conspicuously pectinate.