Histiopterinae, Bleeker, 1876

Kim, Seong-Yong, 2012, 3366, Zootaxa 3366, pp. 1-111 : 88

Subfamily Histiopterinae

Diagnosis. Vomer toothless; supratemporals connected with pterotic ventrally; branched sensory canal extended from posttemporal present; accessory subpelvic keel well developed and extending anteroventrally; subpelvic process well developed and long; first dorsal fin proximal pterygiophore inserted into space between first and second neural spines; adductor mandibulae section Aw quite expanded dorsally and fused by a tendon separated from section A3 posterodorsally.

Remarks. The subfamily Histiopterinae includes 6 genera, Histiopterus , Evistias , Zanclistius , Pentaceropsis , Paristiopterus , and Parazanclistius , and seven species. This subfamily differs from the Pentacerotinae in having the vomer toothless and the supratemporals connected with the pterotic ventrally (vs. vomer with teeth and supratemporals connected with pterotic laterally).