Biology:Thalassophryninae

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Short description: Subfamily of fishes

Thalassophryninae
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Daector reticulata
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
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]

References

  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://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3882.1.1/10480. 
  2. 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. 
  3. "Thalassophryninae Miranda Ribeiro, 1915". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. 2015. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714642. 

Wikidata ☰ Q18388973 entry