Wertheimerinae, Birindelli, 2014

Birindelli, José L. O., 2014, Phylogenetic relationships of the South American Doradoidea (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes), Neotropical Ichthyology 12 (3), pp. 451-564 : 537

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https://doi.org/ 10.1590/1982-0224-20120027

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scientific name

Wertheimerinae
status

subfam. nov.

Wertheimerinae , new subfamily

Included taxa. Kalyptodoras and Wertheimeria [type genus].

Diagnosis. The subfamily Wertheimerinae is diagnosed by the following characters: well-developed hyomandibular crest for levator arcus palatini muscle (#154: 1>2, exclusive), hyomandibula articulated with cranium only via sphenotic (#162: 1>2, also present in Acanthodoras and Agamyxis ), 12 or more ribs (#221: 1>2, also present in Centrodoras , Doraops , Lithodoras , Megalodoras , Oxydoras , and Pterodoras ).

Remarks. According to molecular data published by Arce et al. (2013), Franciscodoras should also be included in this subfamily as sister to Kalyptodoras . However, the present analysis recovered Franciscodoras as sister to all doradids, except Wertheimeria and Kalyptodoras . Due to the existing conflict of hypotheses regarding the phylogenetic position of Franciscodoras , the latter is herein considered as incertae sedis in Doradidae .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Order

Siluriformes

Family

Doradidae

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