Pentacerotinae, Bleeker, 1859

Kim, Seong-Yong, 2012, 3366, Zootaxa 3366, pp. 1-111 : 93-94

Subfamily Pentacerotinae

Diagnosis. Vomer toothed; supratemporals connected with pterotic laterally; branched sensory canal from posttemporal absent; accessory subpelvic keel undeveloped; subpelvic process short; first dorsal fin proximal pterygiophore inserted into space between second and third neural spines; adductor mandibulae section Aw quite expanded dorsally and tendinously fused with section A3 posterodorsally.

Remarks. The subfamily Pentacerotinae includes a single genus Pentaceros and six species. This subfamily is distinguished from Histiopterinae by a toothed vomer and supratemporals connected with the pterotic laterally (vs. vomer toothless and supratemporals connected with pterotic ventrally in Histiopterinae ).