Evistias Jordan, 1907

Kim, Seong-Yong, 2012, 3366, Zootaxa 3366, pp. 1-111 : 89

publication ID	11755334
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5253716
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scientific name	Evistias Jordan, 1907
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Genus Evistias Jordan, 1907 View in CoL View at ENA

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Evistias Jordan, 1907: 236 View in CoL (type species: Histiopterus acutirostris Temminck and Schlegel, 1844 View in CoL ).

Evistiopterus Whitley, 1932: 334 (type species: Histiopterus acutirostris Temminck and Schlegel, 1844 View in CoL ).

Diagnosis. Number of abdominal vertebrae 13; upper caudal lobe supporting 10 branched caudal fin rays; posterior portion of urostyle lacking spine; dorsal and anal fin spines short.

Remark. The genus Evistias is monotypic, including only Evistias acutirostris Jordan, 1907 .

This genus is similar to the genus Histiopterus in having higher and striped body. Evistias is distinguished from the Histiopterus by its short dorsal and anal spines (vs. third and fourth dorsal, and third anal spines are long in Histiopterus ).