Biology:Lycodinae
| Lycodinae | |
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| Lycodes vahlii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Suborder: | Zoarcoidei |
| Family: | Zoarcidae |
| Subfamily: | Lycodinae Gill, 1861[1] |
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Lycodinae is a subfamily of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Zoarcidae, the eelpouts. These eelpouts are found are in all the world's oceans, with a number of species being found off southern South America.
Taxonomy
Lycodinae was first proposed as a taxonomic grouping in 1861 by the American zoologist Theodore Gill.[1] The subfamily is classified within the eelpout family, Zoarcidae part of the suborder Zoarcoidei within the order Scorpaeniformes.[3] The name of the subfamily derives from its type genus, Lycodes, which means "wolf-like" and refers to the then presumed close relationship of that taxon to the wolffish.[4]
Genera
Lycodinae contains the following genera:[5][6]
- Iluocoetes Gosztonyi, 1977
- Matallanas, 2009 Jenyns, 1842
- Japonolycodes Shinohara, Sakurai & Machida, 2002
- Letholycus Bentartia
- Anderson, 1988 Leucogrammolycus
- Mincarone & Anderson, 2008 Lycenchelys
- Matallanas, 2010 Gill, 1884
- Lycodapus Gilbert, 1890
- Lycodes Bothrocara
- Reinhardt, 1831 Lycodichthys
- Pappenheim, 1911 Argentinolycus
- Bean, 1890 Goode & Bean, 1883
- Lycogrammoides Soldatov & Lindberg, 1928
- Lyconema Bothrocarina
- Gilbert, 1896 Maynea
- Cunningham, 1871 Notolycodes
- Suvorov, 1935 Gosztonyi, 1977
- Oidiphorus McAllister & Rees, 1964
- Ophthalmolycus Crossostomus
- Regan, 1913 Pachycara
- Zugmayer, 1911 Aiakas
- Matallanas & Corbella, 2012 Lahille, 1908
- Matallanas & Corbella, 2012 Phucocoetes
- Jenyns, 1842 Dadyanos
- Gosztonyi, 1977 Plesienchelys
- Anderson, 1988 Whitley, 1951
- Norman, 1937 Pyrolycus
- Machida & Hashimoto, 2002 Derepodichthys
- Matallanas, 2010 Taranetzella
- Austrolycus Gilbert, 1896
- Rosenblatt & Cohen, 1986 Dieidolycus
- Anderson, 1988 Eucryphycus
- Regan, 1913 Anderson, 1988
- Exechodontes DeWitt, 1977
- Gosztonyia Bellingshausenia
- Matallanas, 2009 Thermarces
- Andriashev, 1952 Hadropogonichthys
- Santelmoa Pogonolycus
- Piedrabuenia Fedorov, 1982
- Patagolycus Lycodonus
Characteristics
Lycodinae eelpouts have elongate heads and bodies, they have between 58 and 144 vertebrae. The branchiostegal membranes are typically attached to the isthmus, although not in Lycodapus. Most have a wide bill slit but in some species it is more restricted. They do not usually possess a pore between the eyes. There are between 4 and 9 suborbital bones, typically, from 6 to 8, and these create an L-shaped pattern around the eyes. There are between 6 and 12 fin rays in the caudal fin. They have no spines in their fins, although in a few species there are pelvic fin rays which are fused into a pelvic splint.[5] The largest species is Lycodes soldatovi which has a maximum published fork length of 91 cm (36 in).[7]
Distribution
Lycodinae eelpouts are found throughout the world with a notable radiation in the littoral to upper continental slope off southern South America.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer; Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa 3882 (2): 001–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/268078514.
- ↑ "Lycodinae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267127.
- ↑ J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 478–482. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. https://sites.google.com/site/fotw5th/.
- ↑ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara, eds (6 May 2022). "Order Perciformes Suborder Cottoidea: Infraorder Zoarcales: Family: Zoarcidae". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. http://etyfish.org/perciformes14/.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Anderson , M. E.; V. V . Fedorov (2004). "Family Zoarcidae Swainson 1839 — eelpouts". California Academy of Sciences Annotated Checklists of Fishes 34. https://www.calacademy.org/sites/default/files/assets/docs/zoarcidae.pdf.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Genera in the family Lycodinae". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=genus&family=Lycodinae.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). Species of Lycodes in FishBase. June 2022 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q1878558 entry
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