Dinematichthyini

Dinematichthyini
Dinematichthys ventralis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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