Priapellini Ghedotti, 2000

Lucinda, Paulo Henrique Franco & Reis, Roberto E., 2005, Systematics of the subfamily Poeciliinae Bonaparte (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae), with an emphasis on the tribe Cnesterodontini Hubbs, Neotropical Ichthyology 3 (1), pp. 1-60 : 39

Tribe Priapellini Ghedotti

[Clade 62]

Priapellini Ghedotti, 2000: 39 . Type genus: Priapella Regan, 1913

Diagnosis. Priapellins share the following uniquely derived and unreversed features: (1) mesethmoid: cartilaginous [0- 1*]; and (2) mandibular canal present and entirely closed, bearing five pores [10-2*].

Additionally, priapellins can be diagnosed by the following not uniquely derived and/or reversed features: (1) anterior margin of frontals straight or slightly cleft medially [1-1]; (2) absence of an epiotic process [3-3]; (3) preorbital canal present and entirely closed, bearing four pores [9-0]; (4) anterior border of ventral maxilla straight [14-0]; (5) interarcual cartilage absent [25-1]; (6) pleural ribs associated with haemal arches in males [60-1]; (7) pleural ribs associated with haemal arches in females [61-1]; (8) absence of an anterior convex expansion of second gonactinost [70-0]; and (9) absence of a dark stripe on median portion of dorsal fin [137-0].

Composition. Genus Priapella .

Distribution. As for Priapella .