WoRMS taxon details
taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unverified
Description Distribution: western and central Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and Gulf of California. Scales cycloid. Head naked. Large-mouthed. Pelvic fins more anterior than pectorals. A single spine in pelvic fin; soft rays 5, the inner 3 weak and branched while the outer 2 are stout and unbranched. Continuous dorsal fin with 9-12 spines. Lateral line running along dorsal, terminating near end of dorsal fin; one species with a ventral and a dorsal lateral line. Palatine toothless. Species of Stalix with transversly forked anterior spines in dorsal fin. [details]
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