Zaborichthys ŠTAMBERG , 1989

Štamberg, Stanislav, 2013, Knowledge Of The Carboniferous And Permian Actinopterygian Fishes Of The Bohemian Massif - 100 Years After Antonín Frič, Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae Series B 69 (3 - 4), pp. 159-182 : 164

Genus Zaborichthys ŠTAMBERG, 1989

T y p e s p e c i e s: Zaborichthys fragmentalis ŠTAMBERG, 1989 .

I n c l u d e d s p e c i e s: Only type species.

D i a g n o s i s ( Štamberg 1991): Head with the rostral part conspicuously convex anteriorly. Frontal in its anterior part broader than in the posterior, four times longer than wide. Postrostral large, wide. Maxilla with very low and long maxillary plate, its length/height ratio is 2.3. Dentition on the jaws comprises two types of teeth in two rows. Preoperculum very oblique, obliqueness angle is 30°, bend angle 145°. Anterodorsal part of the preoperculum is short, not reaching up to the anterior margin of the maxillary plate. Lower jaw strong. Oval operculum, three times higher than long, ventrally narrow. Accessory operculum is probably present. Square suboperculum, lower anteriorly by one third than in its posterior part. Suboperculum is one and half times lower, but one and half times longer than the operculum. Clavicle is short and wide. Dermal bones sculptured mostly with tubercles and rare ridges. Rhombic scales small, stout, sculptured with diagonally arranged ridges. Posterior margin of scales is denticulated.