CETOPSIDAE BLEEKER, 1858

De Pinna, Mário C. C., Ferraris, Carl J. & Vari, Richard P., 2007, A phylogenetic study of the neotropical catfish family Cetopsidae (Osteichthyes, Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a new classification, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 150 (4), pp. 755-813 : 801

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https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00306.x

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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:5122EB63-C0A1-446B-A285-1D12A43C6E57

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10545147

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scientific name

CETOPSIDAE BLEEKER, 1858
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FAMILY CETOPSIDAE BLEEKER, 1858 View in CoL View at ENA

Diagnosis (Br: 4, jk: 82, bs: 76):

Maxilla with a single articular head (2);

Anterior and medial palatine cartilages continuous (15, reversed to state 0 in C. coecutiens );

Opercle and interopercle overlapping, forming a lap suture (22);

Point of attachment of interoperculo-mandibular ligament on the dorsal margin of the interopercle (23);

Interopercle with reduction of its anteroposterior axis, so that it is as deep as, or slightly deeper than, long (24);

Metapterygoid rectangular (25).

Included subfamilies: Helogeninae , Cetopsinae .

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