Bellottia

• Main Authors: Nielsen, Jørgen G., Ross, Steve W., Cohen, Daniel M.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Actinopterygii; Ophidiiformes; Bythitidae; Bellottia; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5618605; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5618605

Key to species of Bellottia spp. 1 a Long rakers on anterior gill arch 5–6. 2 1 b Long rakers on anterior gill arch 3–4. 4 2 a Caudal fin rays 6, precaudal vertebrae 10, total vertebrae 45, anal fin rays 74 . B. armiger (Philippine Islands) 2 b Caudal fin rays 7, precaudal vertebrae 10–12, total vertebrae 48–51, anal fin rays 75–88. 3 3 a 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) 3 b Precaudal vertebrae 10, preopercular crest without spine, depth at origin of anal fin 17.0 % SL. . B. cryptica (off southern Georgia) 4 a Dorsal fin rays 70–72, pectoral fin rays 19–20, origin of anal fin below dorsal fin ray no. 12–13, predorsal 44.0– 45.5 % SL, spine on cleithrum present, no fangs on dentigerous bones. . B. galatheae (Solomon Sea and Philippine Islands) 4 b Dorsal fin rays 83–94, pectoral fin rays 21–26, origin of anal fin below dorsal fin ray no. 17–19, predorsal 35.5 –40.0 % SL, spine on cleithrum absent, all dentigerous bones with retrorse fangs. . B. apoda (Mediterranean and NE Atlantic) 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