Biology:Thalassophryninae
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Short description: Subfamily of fishes
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| Daector reticulata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Batrachoidiformes |
| Family: | Batrachoididae |
| Subfamily: | Thalassophryninae Miranda Ribeiro, 1915[1] |
Thalassophryninae is a subfamily of toadfish in the family Batrachoididae. The species in the subfamily are characterised by the possession of two dorsal fin spines, a lack of subopercular spines, with the dorsal and opercular spines being hollow and have venom glands at their base. They do not have canine teeth.[2]
Genera
There are two genera in the Thalassophryninae:[3]
- Daector Jordan & Evermann, 1898
- Thalassophryne Günther, 1861
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.
- ↑ "Thalassophryninae Miranda Ribeiro, 1915". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. 2015. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714642.
Wikidata ☰ Q18388973 entry
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