Bellottia ...

• Main Authors: Nielsen, Jørgen G., Ross, Steve W., Cohen, Daniel M.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2009
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Actinopterygii; Ophidiiformes; Bythitidae; Bellottia; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5618604; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5618604

Key to species of Bellottia spp. 1a Long rakers on anterior gill arch 5–6............................................................................................................................ 2 1b Long rakers on anterior gill arch 3–4............................................................................................................................4 2a Caudal fin rays 6, precaudal vertebrae 10, total vertebrae 45, anal fin rays 74 ............ B. armiger (Philippine Islands) 2b Caudal fin rays 7, precaudal vertebrae 10–12, total vertebrae 48–51, anal fin rays 75–88.......................................... 3 3a Precaudal vertebrae 12, preopercular crest with spine (Fig. 3), depth at origin of anal fin 17.5–23.0 % of SL........... ........................................................................................................................................... B. robusta (Gulf of Mexico) 3b Precaudal vertebrae 10, preopercular crest without spine, depth at origin of anal fin 17.0 % ... : 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 ...