Biology:Porichthyinae
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Short description: Subfamily of fishes
Porichthyinae | |
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Plainfin midshipman (Porichthys notatus) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Batrachoidiformes |
Family: | Batrachoididae |
Subfamily: | Porichthyinae Miranda Ribeiro, 1915[1] |
Porichthyinae is a subfamily of toadfish in the family Batrachoididae. They are found in the eastern Pacific Ocean and western Atlantic from Canada to Argentina. The species of this subfamily have no venom glands or subopercular spines, they have canine like teeth and two solid spines in the dorsal fin.[2]
Genera
There are two genera in the Porichthyinae:[3]
- Aphos Hubbs & Schultz, 1939
- Porichthys Girard, 1854
References
- ↑ 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://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3882.1.1/10480.
- ↑ David W. Greenfield; Richard Winterbottom; Bruce Baden Collette (2008). "Review of the toadfish genera (Teleostei: Batrachoididae)". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 4 59 (15): 665–710. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/294688674.
- ↑ "Porichthyinae Miranda Ribeiro, 1915". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. 2015. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714643.
Wikidata ☰ Q18343670 entry
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