Dinematichthyini
| Dinematichthyini | |
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| Dinematichthys ventralis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Ophidiiformes |
| Family: | Bythitidae |
| Subfamily: | Brosmophycinae |
| Tribe: | Dinematichthyini Cohen and Nielsen, 1978 |
Dinematichthyini is a tribe of viviparous brotulas, which is conventionally placed within the subfamily Brosmophycinae. They are differentiated from the other tribe within that subfamily, the Brosmophycinae, by having a single pair of ossified genital claspers, having an absence or greatly reduced scales on the head and having the posterior end of the maxillary bone showing a small amount of vertical expansion.[1] A review of the viviparous brotulas carried out in 2016 elevated the tribe to a family, the Dinematichthyidae.[2]
Genera
[edit]The following genera are included in the tribe Dinematichthyini:
- Alionematichthys
- Beaglichthys
- Brosmolus
- Brotulinella
- Dactylosurculus
- Dermatopsis
- Dermatopsoides
- Diancistrus
- Didymothallus
- Dinematichthys
- Dipulus
- Gunterichthys
- Lapitaichthys
- Majungaichthys
- Mascarenichthys
- Monothrix
- Nielsenichthys
- Ogilbia
- Ogilbichthys
- Paradiancistrus
- Porocephalichthys
- Typhliasina
- Ungusurculus
- Zephyrichthys
References
[edit]- ^ Peter Rask Moller & Werner Schwarzhans. "Review of the Dinematichthyini (Teleostei, Bythitidae) of the Indo-west Pacific.Part II. Dermatopsis, Dermatopsoides and Dipulus with description of six new species". The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory. 22: 39–76.
- ^ Møller PR; Knudsen SW; Schwarzhans W & Nielsen JG (2016). "A new classification of viviparous brotulas (Bythitidae) – with family status for Dinematichthyidae – based on molecular, morphological and fossil data". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 100: 391–408. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.04.008. PMID 27060424. Abstract