Bellottia Giglioli 1883 ...

Bellottia Giglioli, 1883 Bellottia Giglioli, 1883: 399, type species Bellottia apoda Giglioli, 1883 by monotypy (type locality: Gulf of Naples, Italy). Xenobythites Smith & Radcliffe in Radcliffe, 1913, type species Xenobythites armiger Smith & Radcliffe in Radcliffe, 1913: 173 by original d...

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Main Authors: Nielsen, Jørgen G., Ross, Steve W., Cohen, Daniel M.
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Published: Zenodo 2009
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5618602
https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5618602
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Summary:Bellottia Giglioli, 1883 Bellottia Giglioli, 1883: 399, type species Bellottia apoda Giglioli, 1883 by monotypy (type locality: Gulf of Naples, Italy). Xenobythites Smith & Radcliffe in Radcliffe, 1913, type species Xenobythites armiger Smith & Radcliffe in Radcliffe, 1913: 173 by original designation (type locality: Mindanao, Philippine Isls.) Diagnosis. The diagnosis in Nielsen et al. (1999: 97) is here slightly modified based on additional material. Body short, depth at origin of anal fin 13.0-23.0 % SL, head partly scaled, 3-5 spines at lower half of hind margin of preopercle, a pointed spine near upper angle of opercle, palatine teeth present, a few, large sensory pores behind and below eye and on mandible, long rakers on anterior gill arch 3-6, pectoral fin rays 19-28, pelvic fins absent, precaudal vertebrae 10-13, males with large genital hood. Similarity. The subfamily Bythitinae is characterized by continuous dorsal, caudal and anal fins and the penis being an integrated part of the large ... : Published as part of Nielsen, Jørgen G., Ross, Steve W. & Cohen, Daniel M., 2009, Atlantic occurrence of the genus Bellottia (Teleostei, Bythitidae) with two new species from the Western North Atlantic, pp. 45-57 in Zootaxa 2018 on page 46, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.186025 ...